Obsession With Safety Slows Innovation in Space

In his new book Safe is Not an Option, author Rand Simberg argues that too much emphasis on safety — most of it fueled by politicians — threatens to stifle human effort to push back the frontier of space.  Here is a link to an interview with Simberg in Popular Mechanics.  See my earlier post linking to an article about the disingenuous use of the word “safety” by elected officials.