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Who is this video for? Don't get me wrong, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. But do people sending astronauts in space get sold by carbon fiber and slick

• dogma1138 11y ago
  Well if we are frank about it Astronauts for the most part are quite useless as far as science goes, they don't really do anything in space other than PR, which is quite important. Other than PR they play technicians to plug all the experiment modules to laboratories in the ISS and are guinea pigs for various experiments which are conducted on the astronauts them selves so they'll do an ultrasound of their eyes, keep a log of their feelings and take blood samples when needed.
  • tsotha 11y ago
    From Jerry Pournelle' Blog: "Although I pay dues, I don’t interact much with the planetary society. My last experiences with them was Carl Sagan arguing for more robotic exploration and abandoning manned space exploration. Making the universe safe for robots. Larry Niven told Sagan 'Carl, I hope you realize that every time you get a convert , you lose support for space exploration. People don’t hold ticker tape parades for robots.'” http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/why-icann-is-important/ http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/why-icann-is-import...
• tsunamifury 11y ago
  Space tourism maybe...
• antsar 11y ago
  Investors, maybe?
• tsotha 11y ago
  Voters. Ultimately the money for all this is coming from taxpayers, so PR is a good investment.