I agree, who knows what kind of impact a death would have on private space ventures. Society has changed much since the beginning of flight. Things like the Baker Act and other such laws that can have you locked up to protect yourself.
I just don't want it to go from something exciting to something people want abolished. --- Donald Qualls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Weinshenker wrote: > > > > > Didn't airplane flight endure the same sort of > scepticism > > (fueled by the varying results of numerous > more-or-less-well- > > prepared efforts) in the early years? > > Certainly it did, but not in a societal environment > typified by "Someone > died trying this? We need to ban this activity > entirely!" The modern > "protect everyone from everything, whether they want > protected or not" > attitudes simply didn't exist in the 'teens and > twenties of the 20th > century; it was still considered brave and manly to > take risks, and > romantic to die in the process. > > We live in an era where some people have seriously > attempted to ban > mountain climbing on the grounds that a few people > die in attempted > ascents every year. > > -- > I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to > Alcatwaz! > > -- E. J. Fudd, 1954 > > Donald Qualls, aka The Silent Observer > Lathe Building Pages > http://silent1.home.netcom.com/HomebuiltLathe.htm > Speedway 7x12 Lathe Pages > http://silent1.home.netcom.com/my7x12.htm > > Opinions expressed are my own -- take them for what > they're worth > and don't expect them to be perfect. > > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
