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In reply to the discussion: SpaceX: Amateur astronauts launch on Inspiration4 mission [View all]maddogesq
(1,245 posts)42. I worry about Hayley's prosthetic.
Yeah I know, I am my mothers son.
My tech background is electronics. But seeing that she pulled 8 Gs in the jet and now is in weightlessness for three days put worry into me.
Hopefully the NASAand I emphasize NASAmaterials and medical people gave this some thought before clearing her for the flight.
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I am curious, is your objection limited to space tourism or to private space flight in general?
Sapient Donkey
Sep 2021
#37
I like to try to understand people's perspectives and how they are formed
Sapient Donkey
Sep 2021
#61
DS9 was a semi lawless frontier outpost on territory recently ceded to the Federation.
hunter
Sep 2021
#58
I was at work on a lunch break and went out to a food cart to pick up something to bring back
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2021
#27
BTW, I just remembered, when I was in college, James Doohan came there to speak
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2021
#48
LOL! Your physics professor sounds quite entertaining, too - though B.F. Skinner didn't go that far!
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2021
#51