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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents
Orbital fatalities so far are just Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11, STS-51-L, and STS-107. We are still a bit early, but Space exploration has been surprisingly safe so far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatalities_from_aviation_accidents
There were many more fatalities in the early days of aircraft, though airplanes proliferated more quickly than spacecraft have.
Space exploration has a decent safety record because we have not entered the age of commercial space exploration...
It's been gradually ramping up with things like the Inspiration4 and Axiom missions, but still relatively slow. Yuri Gagarin's historic flight is further from today than the Wright Brothers' flight is from Yuri Gagarin's flight.
Oh absolutely! And I'm honestly super excited for it even if Ill be an old man by the time it happens. However, we still have quite a few major technology gaps before it will really ramp up. I'd expect it will continue to warm for the next 15-20 years before it really even begins.