And that's why no commercial passenger ships carry lifeboats today.
C'mon guys....I know corporations are generally TEH EVAL but they're not *that* stupid. Yet. Most of these early companies are bankrolled by rich geeks who just can't stand waiting around anymore to get in space. They LOVE space exploration. They're not going to look at their pilots as disposable. The problem will be 50-100 years from now when Space Disney doesn't rigorously check the hull seals on the Space Monorail taking you to Space Magic Kingdom In Space.
To re-rail the thread:
Six out of 10 Americans think Romney is a douche.Dude has a 35-61 favorability/unfavorability rating. That's pretty harsh.
Obama, by contrast, is running 54-43. And that's WITH half the country pretty much devoted to loathing him as an incarnation of all that is evil for the last four years.
Couple of notes out of looking at the crosstabs:
1. They were in almost a dead heat in terms of favorability back in July, with 49% favorable to Obama and 45% to Romney.
2. The big difference? Liberal Dems have finally stopped grousing. Support went from 77% to 93% among self-identified liberal Democrats, and 66% to 74% among liberals of whatever party ID.
3. Romney, by contrast, has only increased his favorability among conservative Republicans by 3 points, from 72% to 75%, and is flat among all conservatives, staying at 54%.
4. Conservative Republicans' favorability of Obama has nearly doubled from 9% to 17%, while liberal Dems' favorability of Romney has only edged slightly from 10% to 11%.
5. Intensity is a factor too. Of those inclined to be favorable towards the candidates, over half (28%) are
strongly favorable to Obama, while less than a third (10%) feel that way about Romney.
6. Conversely, 27% are strongly negative about Obama (down from 32% in July), compared to 36% strongly negative about Romney (up from 27%).