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by greenyoda 1598 days ago
> NASA's guidelines are not written in blood

I can think of at least three NASA missions that resulted in deaths: Apollo 1[1], and the Challenger[2] and Columbia[3] space shuttles.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaste...

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Only one of those particularly affected guidelines. After, anything that might end up in a pure oxygen atmosphere had to be non-inflammable, and very uncomfortable.