Re: The Space Station

[Erik Reuter]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 06:40:47PM -0600, dendriite wrote:
> The odds of being killed by an asteroid are greater that being struck by
> lightning or being killed in a plane crash. It sounds strange, but asteroids
> (like weapons of mass destruction) kill so many when a fall does occur, that
> it greatly increases the odds for a single individual.

I've had several occasionals recently to want to look up statistics on
this sort of thing.

Where did you get your data on the odds quoted above? Any other suggestions
on where to find that sort of information?

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