Comment by Waterluvian
6 days ago
I'm sure the other astronauts are really looking forward to fly with a person showing signs of tolerating massive risks.
6 days ago
I'm sure the other astronauts are really looking forward to fly with a person showing signs of tolerating massive risks.
Historically, 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.
Each 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
I 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.
> 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.
Right, so let's add more risk by flying side by side with some nutjob with no regard for their own life. Sounds reasonable.