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'You shouldn't make bets you're not willing to lose': the risks of space flight

Astronaut, Janice Voss, outlines her feelings about the dangers of spaceflight and why she believers the risks are worthwhile. From Omnibus - Women in Space, broadcast 1 December, 1995

(Photo: Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew (L-R) German Gerhard Thiele, US Janice Voss, US Commander Kevin Kregel, US Janet Kavandi, Japanese Mamoru Mohri and US Pilot Dom Gorie pose for photo 11 January, 2000, upon their arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. Credit: BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images)

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