Re: Ariane 5 Failure from 1996

[John McCabe <john@nospam.assen.demon.co.uk>]

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:21:24 +0200, Albrecht K�fer
<albrecht_kaefer@yahoo.de> wrote:

>Niklas Holsti schrieb:
>> That is like a bit arguing against using seatbelts in a car because you
>> know of one (very strange) accident in which a person wearing a seatbelt
>> was killed while a person not wearing a seatbelt would perhaps have
>> survived. While such arguments were used years ago against the mandatory
>> use of seatbelts, I don't think many would accept them today, because we
>> know that seatbelts are beneficial in most accidents.
>
>On the other hand, seat belts increase the likelihood of an accident ...

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