1 in 75!
is the estimated probability of a fatal accident with the Space Shuttle in current operational conditions.
from a recent article on the BBC
In April, Dr Griffin, (the Big Boss of NASA) told a US Senate sub-committee: “The shuttle is an inherently risky design. We currently assess the per-mission risk as about one in 75 of having a fatal accident. If one were to do, as some have suggested, fly the shuttle for an additional five years - say two missions a year - the risk would be about one in 12 that we would lose another crew.”
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