.....show ponies uncle Paul, all for the glitz! These celebs are as plastic as a Visa card
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PEP shopping bagV5 - LEO wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:33 pm.....show ponies uncle Paul, all for the glitz! These celebs are as plastic as a Visa card
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True, but more money than the average Visa card, at least mine by factor of much!V5 - LEO wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 1:33 pm.....show ponies uncle Paul, all for the glitz! These celebs are as plastic as a Visa card
No skills to go to space nowadays... purely an automated event. In the '60's to '80's, the guys really needed to understand the physics, the rocket, mechanics and all behind it and be able to take manual control at any time. Take Apollo 13, but it's not the only example where the crew and ground techs worked together to save the day... Sorry, but with this, you have money, go as passenger to a great height and land; I think navigating cross country using a VFR map in any aircraft, say a 172, is a much greater achievement...
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They are as much of an astronaut as I am being a pilot, having paid to fly on an airliner!
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That is quite well said!Deanw wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 2:45 pm They are as much of an astronaut as I am being a pilot, having paid to fly on an airliner!
However, not all crew on e.g. Apollo or the Shuttle was the pilot, but they all had their quite specialised roles, functions and training... Even Mark Shuttleworth had months of training, and conducted several experiments during his 10 day stint in space.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... xploration
That is the difference, commitment, skill and training.Mr Shuttleworth has undergone more than eight months of full-time training and will participate fully in the mission, taking responsibility for radio and life support systems in the Soyuz capsule.
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Goes to show, money can buy you anything, at least Bezos girlfriend I believe is a chopper pilot and the other one an ex rocket scientist for the rest well who knows 
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Money does not buy grass root level respect... never did, never will...Andreb wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 3:01 pm Goes to show, money can buy you anything, at least Bezos girlfriend I believe is a chopper pilot and the other one an ex rocket scientist for the rest well who knows
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cage wrote: Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:38 am That little trip with the celebs, probably one of the few times there will be a bigger vacuum inside the capsule, than outside..
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Like someone said, "if 3 minutes in space makes you an astronaut, then I am a gynecologist". 
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Passengers flying on airliners at the rise of the then glamorous jet era, were called The Jetsetters. Passengers on the now equally glamorous Space flights should be called Starsetters? Or Astrosetters?
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The BallisticsSunbird wrote: Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:16 pmPassengers flying on airliners at the rise of the then glamorous jet era, were called The Jetsetters. Passengers on the now equally glamorous Space flights should be called Starsetters? Or Astrosetters?
