Dave S writes:

Designed to encourage carelessness? Are you an aircraft designer now?
What exact features are you referring to?

Things like a parachute.

The parachute? Every manned spacecraft (with the exception of the
Orbiter) that has flown to date has a parachute incorporated into the
design, and a successful mission depends on its deployment.

Every manned spacecraft has coasted in a vacuum, too. Every submarine
has spent time underwater. Every car has tires. I don't see any
connections here.

How does the notion of a parachute automatically encourage carelessness?

It gives naïve pilots the impression that the gadgets will save them
no matter how stupid their mistakes might become. The reality is that
the gadgets offer only a small increment of increased safety in
certain specific situations; the obligation of the pilot to be careful
is not diminished.

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