The construction of the engine was a technical and economic risk for the firm.

"The greater the diversity, the less your risk - not just political, but also technical and commercial."

"The technical risks are high and the profit return low if any."

Small businesses also take technical risks that can increase their vulnerability.

There remain formidable political, marketing and technical risks to, as critics put it, "playing God."

This reduces overall technical risk for the mission, while saving funds and time on development.

Oh, maybe government could invest in some fast-track experimental work to lower the technical risk.

The construction of a space elevator would need reduction of some technical risk.

"These results show that the incredible technical, economic and environmental risks of operating in the Arctic simply aren't worth it."

"It's fair to say there are a lot of owners concerned about the technical risk that baseball won't be played in 1993," Ravitch said.