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No matter that astronauts and cosmonauts had perished in precisely designed and carefully tested machines. Solid engineering could always provide a safety margin, because the engineers believed, there was complete safety in numbers.

William E. Burrows

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William E. Burrows

William E. Burrows

Born: March 27, 1937
Died: June 29, 2024 (aged 87)
Bio: William E. Burrows was an American scientist, author and journalist.
Known for:
  1. This New Ocean (1998)
  2. The Survival Imperative (2006)

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