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I'm not sure the word explorer should ever be diluted to be just sitting down in a vehicle as a passenger. At worst, they sat on a plane to Newfoundland for a n
by tweetle_beetle 3y ago
I'm not sure the word explorer should ever be diluted to be just sitting down in a vehicle as a passenger. At worst, they sat on a plane to Newfoundland for a number of hours, sat on a boat to get to the launch site and sat in a submarine for a few hours (assuming a successful itinerary).
Mitigating factors for an explorer should be (imho): novel destination, novel experience of natural forces, novel challenge of actively piloting/driving, unusual physical hardship, unusual mental hardship, novel engineering challenge, unusual training requirements, committing to significant unknowns, etc.
- peteradio 3y agonovel destination: few have been to Titanic novel experience of natural forces: few have experienced the significant pressures involved novel challenge of actively piloting/driving: ever drive a car while actively sweating bullets and shitting bricks? unusual physical hardship, unusual mental hardship: see above novel engineering challenge: See significant pressures. unusual training requirements: Can't say this was required since the interface was a console controller committing to significant unknowns: See engineering challenges + novel materials