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can you apply 'brave' to unmanned missions? challenging, yes.
by gorfian_robot 1y ago
can you apply 'brave' to unmanned missions? challenging, yes.
- iisan7 1y agoI think it's still brave to attempt a mission with significant chance of failure that risks resources, careers, and reputation. And had it been a _manned_ mission to Venus, the adjective that comes to mind is not brave but pointless, foolish, or sadistic.
- booleandilemma 1y agoApple applied "courage" to removing the headphone jack.
- uncircle 1y agoEconomically brave. Imagine building the most advanced and expensive piece of technology your society ever created, with small margins of success and the knowledge it'll last less than an hour before imploding upon itself. And then trying again 16 times. (I've just learned there are plans to try one more time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera-17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera-17)
- duxup 1y agoTaking a risk on a project that takes many years with a good chance of total failure can be brave. Many people are risk averse and would find the total failure of many years of work at the very least very disappointing.