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don't kill my dreams like that.
Well, don't lose hope. Rockets still explode in giant fireballs more often than any other form of transportation.
Thanks man., I needed that.
Are you including Formula 1 and similar?
Hmm... Yeah that probably applies to formula 1 as well. We'd have to do the math to know for sure, but a quick Google search says that about 3% of astronauts/cosmonauts have died during a mission. I'd be surprised if the fatality rate for race car drivers is higher than that.