NASA Admits Astronauts In Next Launch Have High Risk Of Death...

Associated Press Seth Borenstein June 27, 2006 at 12:44 AM

The seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery will arrive atKennedy Space Center on Tuesday to take one of the biggest risks of their lives. They have a 1-in-100 chance of dying during their spaceflight next month. Those, at least, are the official odds that NASA has long given.

Exactly what the real odds are is a question that looms larger than normal this time

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