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I'm sure the other astronauts are really looking forward to fly with a person showing signs of tolerating massive risks.
by Waterluvian 7mo ago
I'm sure the other astronauts are really looking forward to fly with a person showing signs of tolerating massive risks.
- Havoc 7mo agoEach and every one of them is fully aware that it’s a massive risk and has made their peace with that. You’re getting strapped to a giant rocket. It’s inherently dangerous
- Waterluvian 7mo agoI don’t actually think astronauts take massive risks. They take massively well-understood and meticulously mitigated risks. Maybe this is a perspective or semantics thing, but I think it’s distinct and important. They’re not Mavericks they’re Icemans.
- inetknght 7mo ago> They take massively well-understood and meticulously mitigated risks. Hopefully they're well-understood and meticulously mitigated risks. Because if they're not... well there's always modern day Boeing.
- spiralcoaster 7mo agoRight, so let's add more risk by flying side by side with some nutjob with no regard for their own life. Sounds reasonable.
- hajile 7mo agoHistorically, around 60% of all astronauts were from the military which is a high-risk occupation. In the 50s, there was something like a handful of test pilots dying every single month. A subset of the ones who survived became the first astronauts. My understanding is that there are still a significant number of astronauts who were test pilots first. If you don't have massive risk tolerance, you don't sign up for a moon mission.