dustoff17
Still trying to reach the Top Shelf
Fixed it!!In space, nobody can prove you hugged.
Fixed it!!In space, nobody can prove you hugged.
Until it goes wrong. They can't even make self driving cars that don't occasionally mistake a semi for the sky and drive into it.
Personally I'll take that risk, this has been my dream forever.
My fear wouldn't be an explosion, it would be flying off into space and starving to death or suffocating because I went off course.I'd go without hesitation.
If I make it, awesome. If I didn't, the datastream would be priceless and helpful.
My fear wouldn't be an explosion, it would be flying off into space and starving to death or suffocating because I went off course.
NASA's problem, I feel, is they need long term financial support and our federal government's commitment gets shifted every two years.
Space drives innovation.
Not even Elon Musk has enough money to send people around the moon for no reason.Y'all do know that SpaceX is heavily subsidized by NASA, yeah?
This is very much public-private partnership and very much less "private space industry."
Not even Elon Musk has enough money to send people around the moon for no reason.
My fear wouldn't be an explosion, it would be flying off into space and starving to death or suffocating because I went off course.
My fear wouldn't be an explosion, it would be flying off into space and starving to death or suffocating because I went off course.
In this case it's not Elon's or NASA's money. Apparently the 2 future space cadets are footing the full bill.
The FAA says that private astronauts have to possess at least an instrument rating and, if flying for compensation, a commercial. I suspect that the two unnamed potential astronauts in this case could be some of Hollywood's celebrity aviators...
The FAA says that private astronauts have to possess at least an instrument rating and, if flying for compensation, a commercial. I suspect that the two unnamed potential astronauts in this case could be some of Hollywood's celebrity aviators...
I would guess that at least one of them would be considered PIC and subjected to the appropriate CFRs. Since they are paying, I can't imagine they'll be required to have a commercial just an instrument rating. In some respects (from my admittedly meager knowledge of astrodynamics), spaceflight is generally less "hands on" than atmospheric flight because of the stable, predictable nature of basic Newtonian physics as it relates to trajectories, orbital states etcMaybe it's Tom Cruise sponsored by the Churxh of Scientology to try and find L. Ron Hubbard and the Eton spaceship.
Seriously though, would the be considered astronauts or just passengers?