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SpaceX
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 12:39 pm
by Digit
Rockets are risky, as the recent explosion shows. Would you go on the first manned mission if asked?
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:02 pm
by Portia
Digit wrote:Rockets are risky, as the recent explosion shows. Would you go on the first manned mission if asked?
"Asked"? From everything I've read, Mr. Musk does not "ask." 0_0
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:08 pm
by Digit
When it comes to betting your life, by definition you can make maximum zero bad bets and live to tell about it.
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:12 pm
by mic0
No, I'm scared and think I'd be too nervous to enjoy it. Apparently I'm in good company since everyone thus far has voted No.
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:22 pm
by Marduk
Space isn't that interesting to me. It isn't like you're going anywhere. At best it is like going on safari, but with far fewer cool animals. I vote no (even without the 5% chance of death.)
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:22 am
by Portia
To the space station? Please.
To the moon/Mars/fifth dimension? Maybe. Probably.
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:54 am
by Digit
It's pretty crazy that the very fragile quadriplegic
Stephen Hawking did eight rounds of temporary weightlessness in a vomit comet in 2007. I would not have wanted to be the guy in charge of making sure his neck didn't snap at any point. (Love the background music in that YouTube video
)
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:45 am
by Emiliana
Yeah, I'm the crazy one who voted yes. I can't help myself. I would freaking love it.
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:13 am
by NerdGirl
I would totally go. I'm usually fairly risk-averse, but I have wanted to go to space since before I could even talk.
Re: SpaceX
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:24 am
by Digit
List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
The Apollo 1 pure oxygen fire in 1967 and the Soyuz 11 decompression in 1971 seem particularly gruesome.