>Safety for the CEV WILL BE BETTER than the shuttle.  Period.
>
>Reasons:
>1.  The "bugs" in the shuttle have been worked out,
>and the same technology (SSME, SRB, external tank)
>will be applied to the CEV.

I have some doubts. To quote a bit more from the letter I quoted in my last
mail

""For non-reusable parts like the solid rocket booster and the external
tank, each launch is a new statistical event for an item that has never
flown or been test fired on the ground. Once a re-useable part works it will
work every time if maintained to specification"

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