The Importance of Space Travel

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I think this depends a lot on what my credence was that it would be safe to go to the moon. You know that would be a lot of fun, right? Just for a touristy mission, not for a one way trip. There's a certain fraction of the time when you have a disaster and people die and that fraction is uncomfortably large. If I thought that the chance of a fatal accident was 10 to the minus 4, then I would go. But if I thought it was ten to the minus 1, then I wouldn't. Somewhere in between it would be a difficult decision.

Welcome to the August 2023 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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