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> Your default state on an island tends towards remaining alive. I'm guessing you spend most of your life indoors? On Earth, outside of the carefully regulate

> Your default state on an island tends towards remaining alive. I'm guessing you spend most of your life indoors? On Earth, outside of the carefully regulated homes we've built as a society, the default state is dead and it takes tremendous work and constant vigilence to avoid that fate, only ever temporarily.

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dotancohen 2y ago
And that is why if somebody finds a child wandering in the park alone, we say that the man rescued the child. Exactly as SpaceX is doing in this situation.
- throwaway290 2y ago
  Yes and we also say you rescued me if I am bang out of cash and you lend me a fiver at checkout... If you see a news headline "man rescues child" you expect a direct threat like something like from a burning house. > if somebody finds a child wandering in the park alone, we say that the man rescued the child. Exactly as SpaceX is doing in this situation. Plus, saying astronauts, professionals who signed up for the job knowing what it entails and went through years of training are like children wandering in the park, to paint SpaceX as their savior, is... wow.
  - dotancohen 2y ago
    Humans in space are less than children in the park. We've barely ventured out of our own atmosphere. Less than a 1000 people have been to orbit, and only 24 have gone to the moon. Out of those, only a dozen have landed on the moon. And the moon is still the Earth system - we've never really left our own yard.
    - throwaway290 2y ago
      unlike the moon ISS is shielded by magnetic field and receives less radiation. It is actually our yard more than a park
      - dotancohen 2y ago
        You are invited to stretch the analogy as far as you would like in order to win an internet argument. Have a nice day.
        throwaway290 2y ago
        Saying astronauts on ISS are children in the park and saying "rescuing a child" from the park is newsworthy headline is the stretch...

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dotancohen 2y ago

And that is why if somebody finds a child wandering in the park alone, we say that the man rescued the child. Exactly as SpaceX is doing in this situation.

throwaway290 2y ago
Yes and we also say you rescued me if I am bang out of cash and you lend me a fiver at checkout... If you see a news headline "man rescues child" you expect a direct threat like something like from a burning house. > if somebody finds a child wandering in the park alone, we say that the man rescued the child. Exactly as SpaceX is doing in this situation. Plus, saying astronauts, professionals who signed up for the job knowing what it entails and went through years of training are like children wandering in the park, to paint SpaceX as their savior, is... wow.
- dotancohen 2y ago
  Humans in space are less than children in the park. We've barely ventured out of our own atmosphere. Less than a 1000 people have been to orbit, and only 24 have gone to the moon. Out of those, only a dozen have landed on the moon. And the moon is still the Earth system - we've never really left our own yard.
  - throwaway290 2y ago
    unlike the moon ISS is shielded by magnetic field and receives less radiation. It is actually our yard more than a park
    - dotancohen 2y ago
      You are invited to stretch the analogy as far as you would like in order to win an internet argument. Have a nice day.
      - throwaway290 2y ago
        Saying astronauts on ISS are children in the park and saying "rescuing a child" from the park is newsworthy headline is the stretch...