> No astronaut has died on ISS in 30 years. Claiming they are in significant danger simply isn't accurate

Nobody claimed as much. A jet liner is safer than the ISS. The analogy is conservative.

> Saying 'the default state in space is dead' when historically basically nobody has died in space

Our default state at cruising altitude is dead.

Note: I’m not suggesting anyone would have died. Just that they were in a perilous place where things were going wrong. Being relieved from that position is a rescue.