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minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoTo play some devil’s avocado here, not every astronaut is a pilot. Some are just like, geologists. The simplest difference I can think of is that astronauts go to space on a mission and actually work and do a job.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoYeah. That’s the whole point. Fair enough. The people on this commercial flight were there as a marketing tool not as a science tool. At some point “astronaut” has to mean “did science in space” and not “bought a sightseeing ticket so a corporation could profit.” I’m not a carnie because I spent 5 ride tickets on the coaster. Even if I buckled my own seatbelt.
To play some devil’s avocado here, not every astronaut is a pilot. Some are just like, geologists.
The simplest difference I can think of is that astronauts go to space on a mission and actually work and do a job.
Yeah. That’s the whole point. Fair enough. The people on this commercial flight were there as a marketing tool not as a science tool.
At some point “astronaut” has to mean “did science in space” and not “bought a sightseeing ticket so a corporation could profit.”
I’m not a carnie because I spent 5 ride tickets on the coaster. Even if I buckled my own seatbelt.