• argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Thousands of people step into a metal tube and put several miles of air between them and the ground on a daily basis. Some of them do it for fun, or at least in order to travel to the place where they plan to have fun.

    That’s not the problem. The problem is that those metal tubes are competently engineered. Usually.

    • SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      If it was some experimental space aircraft that lost pressure and got stuck in orbit it wouldn’t be the same as a normal aircraft going down. I would also say to leave it there as a reminder of man’s hubris.