Rough week for pace travel.

Not routine yet. Routine leads to careless actions. We are still learning.

R W4BUE

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryce Salmi" [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: "AMSAT-BB" [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Virgin Galactic "SpaceShipTwo" crash

Spaceflight will be routine. However, routine is not defined as 100% safe. Even driving down the street is not 100% safe, but it is routine.

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On Oct 31, 2014, at 13:02, Alan [email protected] wrote:

Just breaking:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/l5565d3

Another reminder that flight is never routine.

Alan WA4SCA

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My $0.02

Routine: performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Does not imply completely safe. Spaceflight will be routine when people no longer care about a rocket launch happening. It's a sad thought but how many people look up at a plane flying overhead today?

Very few.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Alan [email protected] wrote:

Bryce,

In nearly 40 years as a pilot, both military and commercial, I had many uneventful flights, but none I treated as routine.

73s,

Alan WA4SCA

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