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Space travel `a risk you have to take'.

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| February 03, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

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Everyone remembers where they were when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch on Jan. 28, 1986. But how many remember Sept. 29, 1988? That was the launch of the shuttle Discovery, the first mission to return to space after the Challenger disaster.

Even after a complete overhaul of the shuttle, no one really knew what would happen. And that is the basic truth of space flight: Every shuttle mission carries the risk of disaster.

The National Academy of Sciences estimated the risk of complete shuttle disaster for any flight at 1 in 145.…

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