05. How safe and how reliable will the new space vehicles be? Will they be space-tested for our safety before we go? (A K2S Question)

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Safety is on everyone's mind after the Challenger and Columbia disasters, so you can be confident that there will be a lot of testing and experimentation before you fly on any space vehicle. Just as with airplane development, engineers follow carefully thought-out rules before putting people on any type of flying machine.

Answer provided by David Gump & Gary Hudson

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer