Old-style superstitions journey into space: astronaut

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Tue Apr 11, 1:10 PM ET

STAR CITY, Russia (AFP) - Never mind the final frontier of technology -- a little superstition still comes in handy on the
International Space Station (ISS), astronauts freshly returned to Earth said."Our expedition was number 13 and there had been a solar eclipse the day before we left," Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian

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[_boneflower_]

Are there any studies showing the risk level associated with a job in comparasion to the superstition level of the people performing that job?

If I were a firefighter, astronaut (see today's entry about my fear of outer space), doctor, soldier, or any other individual who could die/cause the death of someone at any moment during my job, I would probably think a bit more about my luck. I'd be interested to know if that's an overall trend.