“There is just no way that I can understand in God's green earth that an airline could undertake with its normal procedures the operation of the Space Shuttle. . . . You don't put parachutes on airliners because the margin of safety is built into the machine. The 727 airplanes we fly are proven vehicles with levels of safety and redundancy built in. The shuttle is a hand-made piece of experimental gear.” WayMadeI CanHandsEarthSpaceLevelsPiecesWalkingMoonNormalBuiltMachinesSafetyGreenOperationsVehicleAirplaneProvenProceduresMarginsGearsAirlineStar GazingParachutesGreen EarthSpace ShuttleRedundancy Author:Frank Borman
“I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that we'd steer well clear of because they got in the way of real life.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWellsRealClassClearOffersMountainIllusionComplicatedReal LifeHorribleBridgesClimbsEndeavorRapidsConsumingSteersParachutesTime ConsumingImminent Death Author:Sebastian Junger