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Instead there is a set of assumptions: pg 257, Loss of Crew is calculated assuming an 80% CEEF (Crew Escape Effectiveness Factor) for catastrophic and a 90% CEEF for non-catastrophic failures.
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If any one of the three common-core engines suffers a non-catastrophic failure, would it be possible to complete the mission by using the other two?
Reader's Consensus: Develop a new launch vehicle - NASA Watch 2009
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On regular non-catastrophic care, the only delivery method that makes sense is a free-market, direct-pay health savings account.
Think Progress » Health Insurance Industry Defends Massive Profits, Complains It Is Being ‘Vilified’ 2010
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Two Titan SRBs failed in flight (one each III and IVA), the ground Titan IVB motor test that took the top off a mountain at Edwards (propellant grain shaping causing sonic shockwave choking in the motor), and the Challenger joint burnthrough (non-catastrophic, LES would have done fine there on a Stick type launcher).
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On regular non-catastrophic care, the only delivery method that makes sense is a free-market, direct-pay health savings account.
Think Progress » Health Insurance Industry Defends Massive Profits, Complains It Is Being ‘Vilified’ 2010
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Do you think if you added up all the non-catastrophic healthcare the average person uses in their life it amounts to anything like $2 million?
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Thank goodness our problems are relatively non-catastrophic.
Ellen Snortland: Sicko Reprise, Please Ellen Snortland 2010
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Next month, it will be something else, hopefully something equally non-catastrophic.
Harold Pollack: A story about eyeglasses Harold Pollack 2010
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Now lets add to that the idea that you don't NEED to keep adding to a medical fund above a certain amount, since your catastrophic care is insured, and there's only so much non-catastrophic care that anyone is likely to need.
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Or simply paired with non-catastrophic policies for lesser expenses.
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