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100 years ago, they had the technology to... April 10, 2012 2:45 pm Jeff-Wash

…put 3,000 people out to sea in virtual floating cities.

Now we have the technology today to cram 3,000

people  into a (1000 ton?) mega-aircraft that could be powered by a

dozen jumbo-jet  jet engines.

We  already have the European Airbus 380 that can

be loaded with 850 passengers in reasonable comfort.

and flown nonstop across the Atlantic.

It is now theoretically possible for two huge jets

to take as many lives as the Titanic did.

Fortunately, space travel is still far from the point

where such grizzly statistics are possible. But this decade

may see space fatalities from one accident that can

be measured in double digits.  This century we might have the

potential to see triple digit fatalities from a passenger-carrying spacecraft, but it’s still decades away.

  • It wasn't all that long ago that two jumbo jets collided on an airport runway and burst into flame. ... by ER 2012-04-11 06:30:49
    • The more complex things get the more chance of an incident. Safety systems simply count toward complexity. The accident to ... by bowser 2012-04-11 09:29:51
      • The natural engineering response to a problem is to build in a fix. But the more fixes you add, ... by ER 2012-04-11 10:50:13
        • A digression on this (not a rebuttal) over at "Flame." by TB 2012-04-11 12:12:37
          • A little known but very interesting scientifical fack. The experience in the construction industry has been that for every ... by bowser 2012-04-11 11:59:29
            • A really good engineer will come up with a simpler way that does the job better. by TB 2012-04-11 11:07:03
              • That goes without saying. I'm always reminded of the .45 ACP SemiAuto Pistol, the "Government Model". It just celebrated ... by ER 2012-04-11 11:32:02

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