The Space Shuttle has a 2% chance of exploding. Soyuz has a 1% chance, but all fatal accidents have been a long time ago, so the modern versions are probably safer.
A 1% chance of dying is a lot. For a normal job that you do every day it's a 92% chance of being dead at the end of a (complete) year. You can compare the numbers with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort They get launched to space only one or twice in their career, so the total risk is not so high, but still higher than usual professions.
> Because I have faith in the science that put me there.
I like a quote by W. Edwards Deming:
> In God we trust. All others must bring data.
Science is not about faith. Let's see the data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac...
The Space Shuttle has a 2% chance of exploding. Soyuz has a 1% chance, but all fatal accidents have been a long time ago, so the modern versions are probably safer.
A 1% chance of dying is a lot. For a normal job that you do every day it's a 92% chance of being dead at the end of a (complete) year. You can compare the numbers with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort They get launched to space only one or twice in their career, so the total risk is not so high, but still higher than usual professions.
They are very brave.