YES! I think every small child wants to be an astronaut or cosmonaut! It would be a dream come true

Even to go to Star City or Kennedy Space Centre, perhaps do some of the training...
The risk is part of the excitment

But, yes, in reality you would want to know that there is less chance of the rocket exploding

Trains and Planes were risky when they were first invented: soon space shuttles will be as safe as regular aeroplanes

if the market is there, businessmen will work on the shuttles.