• traches@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    You’re absolutely right, though the extreme risk aversion is harder to blame on congress.

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      6 hours ago

      You kill a half dozen people in a space ship explosion that could have been avoided and you will reasonably get a cautious culture.

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        59 minutes ago

        There’s a happy medium somewhere between Lord Farquad and “nothing happens until 18 committees in 23 states have determined there is less than a 0.00001% chance this unmanned probe will fail in any way”