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> if they're genuinely out of research ideas to test in space A bigger problem is lack of expertise. Astronauts are not specialist in whatever is the topic of
by gus_massa 7mo ago
> if they're genuinely out of research ideas to test in space
A bigger problem is lack of expertise. Astronauts are not specialist in whatever is the topic of the current experiment. You need probably like 5 years of training (assume the second half of the undergraduate degree, and perhaps the first half of the PhD). So experiments must be fully automated except for a button to turn they on and off.
- maxerickson 7mo agoLots of research has technicians doing the actual experimental tasks, your argument would benefit from even a short list of experiments that have not been done because astronauts couldn't be expected to handle it.
- Gud 7mo agoWe don't really need to send "astronauts"(highly trained operatives) to space anymore. SpaceX has made that happen.