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I'd be surprised if there's a single person alive who would volunteer for a suicide mission to a miserable cold dark planet and could travel there for nine mont
by adonovan 4mo ago
I'd be surprised if there's a single person alive who would volunteer for a suicide mission to a miserable cold dark planet and could travel there for nine months in a tin can through a harsh radiation/muscle atrophy/psychological environment and arrive in any condition to conduct useful scientific work.
- WalterBright 4mo agoSuppose one had a diagnosis of 1 year to live. Why not expend it doing something great?
- adonovan 4mo agoLike enjoying earthly pleasures? The terminally ill do not make good astronauts.
- WalterBright 4mo agoI'm not at all suggesting anyone would be forced into this.
- adonovan 4mo agoUnderstood. My point is that the job requirements are almost mutually exclusive: must be physically and mentally fit enough for arduous travel and harsh work, yet basically suicidal.