I don’t know about you, but I think 100:1 odds of death for an occupation aren’t great. That’s what the most recent space shuttle crew has been informed of to quantify the risk they’re signing up to in the next planned launch (STS-121).

Consider other occupational statistics:

• Stay out of the forest: 118 fatalities per 100,000 for timber cutters
• Stay off the street: 20 percent of the 6588 fatal work injuries happened on the road
• Stay above ground: 23.5 deaths in mining for every 100,000 workers in 2002
• Stay on dry land: 103 in every 100,000 fishermen died while working

They missed space shuttle crew where there have been 14 deaths out of 703 opportunities in 114 missions.

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