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How the Columbia Shuttle Disaster Changed Spacecraft Safety Forever - Space
NASA engineers have incorporated many of the lessons learned from the Columbia shuttle disaster into the design of its next-generation Orion space capsule, which should be safer, overall, than the shuttle.
http://www.space.com/19509-columbia-shuttle-disaster-spacecraft-safety.html
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Can Space Tourism Companies Keep Their Customers Safe and Healthy? - Scientific American
Are overeager space tourists endangering their health?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-space-tourism-companies-keep-customers-safe-healthy/
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Space Travel Is Dangerous - Mashable
Lulled into a false sense of security by jet travel, we have come to assume space tourism will be much the same.
http://mashable.com/2014/10/31/space-tourism-danger/
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What Are The Health Risks of Space Travel? - BBC News
To boldly go where no man has gone before could damage more than your just your wallet. Scientists are researching how it could impact on our health too.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-20717969
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Human Spaceflight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Human spaceflight is space travel with a crew aboard the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is crewed, it can be operated directly, as opposed to being remotely operated or autonomous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_spaceflight
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Space Tourism Industry Faces Safety Concerns - CBC News
Space-industry watchers expressed concern that the emerging space tourism sector is not being candid enough about the safety risks for travellers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/space-tourism-industry-faces-safety-concerns-1.1337075
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10 Astronaut Health Problems That Threaten Deep Space Missions - Listverse
Some serious health problems arise when traveling in deep space.
http://listverse.com/2014/12/29/10-astronaut-health-risks-that-threaten-deep-space-missions/
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Astronaut Safety Concerns Confound Longterm Space Exploration - IFLScience
Though humanity may dream of traveling to Mars and beyond, it might not happen as we hope. A panel of buzzkills experts from the Institute of Medicine recently determined that such longterm space travel would exceed current safety regulations. This raises specific ethical concerns that would need to be addressed prior to the development of such a mission, even though any such missions would be decades away.
http://www.iflscience.com/space/astronaut-safety-concerns-confound-longterm-space-exploration
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Is It Safe? - Air and Space Magazine
The first company with a plan-and a rocket-to send humans to orbit answers the existential question.
http://www.airspacemag.com/space/is-it-safe-57287715/?no-ist
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Space Tourism and Private Space Travel Must Be Safe - FAA Commercial Space
The risks of space tourism and other private spaceflight missions must be clearly understood and addressed if the burgeoning commercial space industry is to succeed, House lawmakers say.
http://www.space.com/14982-private-space-travel-risks-faa.html
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How Safe Is Human Spaceflight? - Space
The dangers of human spaceflight will be on many people's minds for the next week as NASA and the nation commemorate three space tragedies. But just how risky is sending humans to space?
http://www.space.com/10698-human-spaceflight-safety.html
