Title says it all. I just watched Blue Origin land a bunch of rich space tourists and it’s being called a successful “mission”. IMO trying to massage egos of the vendor and participants as having something greater than an exclusive joyride with no greater purpose than to have personal bragging rights.

  • thegr8goldfish@startrek.website
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    4 days ago

    They are literally strapped to enough explosives to kill them many times over. It may not require any skill, but it is certainly dangerous.

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      3 days ago

      Isn’t that also true of anyone taking a regular commerical flight on an airliner? There’s plenty explosive fuel in there to kill someone too

      Much less dangerous, certainly, but I wouldn’t count the engine as a reason for it being a “mission” unless the mission is testing that engine

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      3 days ago

      Is skydiving a mission? Is deep sea diving? Those are dangerous, but are as much novelties as these space flights.