Hi Dilbert,
What I really like is that your statement has been made over many, many years about many, many new technologies - fortunately, it has failed and hopefully will continue to fail to deter those who take us ahead.
A whole lot of very smart people have and will continue to try to develop this technology to become just another commonplace aviation technology. Some will be in it for greed and some will be in it for power - some will lie, some will make stupid decisions and some may not even care. However, the vast majority will be honest, industrious folk just trying to do their best for the benefit of all - I hope they succeed.
People will die - but the deaths will not be wasted even if we cannot make it work - we will have immeasurably added to our knowledge base in a wealth of technical and human disciplines.
By all means be vigilant and, if necessary, blow the whistle on unacceptable human behaviour - but on no account quit!
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Stay Alive,
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