They did go in space after all.
They did go in space after all.
Dr. thermador wrote:
They did go in space after all.
So did monkeys…….
Barely, and no.
Jeff Bazos did not go into space. Jeff Bezos did not either,, according to the FAA.
"No orbit, no astronaut !"
Dr. thermador wrote:
They did go in space after all.
Is someone that goes out for a cruise on a ship a sailor?
Not really...but they're businessmen who built ventures that facilitated their joyrides into space. That seems like a far greater accomplishment.
I would think that being an astronaut (or engineer, or doctor, lawyer, etc.) means doing it professionally.
They accomplished something that NASA did 50 years ago with a computer as powerful as a basic calculator. Not impressive at all.
Bezo's ex-wife is donating all of her money to charity. Bezos is pissing it away on crappy rocket ships. Way more respect for the ex-wife.
fake news alert wrote:
They accomplished something that NASA did 50 years ago with a computer as powerful as a basic calculator. Not impressive at all.
Bezo's ex-wife is donating all of her money to charity. Bezos is pissing it away on crappy rocket ships. Way more respect for the ex-wife.
You might say that he is training and employing talented engineers and craftsmen. These people in turn spend money on things that probably employ other people.
fake news alert wrote:
They accomplished something that NASA did 50 years ago with a computer as powerful as a basic calculator. Not impressive at all.
Bezo's ex-wife is donating all of her money to charity. Bezos is pissing it away on crappy rocket ships. Way more respect for the ex-wife.
Bezos earned the money in the first place and his wife just gave away money she didn't earn. Also, spending money on actually doing something does more good than charity (which wastes a lot of money).
of course not wrote:
Dr. thermador wrote:
They did go in space after all.
Is someone that goes out for a cruise on a ship a sailor?
10/10
They are astronauts as much as Amelia Earhart was a pilot. She correctly described herself as a "sack of potatoes" on that trans-Atlantic flight that made her famous. The same for Jeff and Dick.
No, and they don't either.
Yes.
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
They are astronauts as much as Amelia Earhart was a pilot. She correctly described herself as a "sack of potatoes" on that trans-Atlantic flight that made her famous. The same for Jeff and Dick.
Pretty bad comparison. While Earhart was not much more than a passenger on the TransAtlantic flight she was very much a pilot. Her flying experience is well documented and she was chosen for the TransAtlantic flight due to her bona fides as a pilot.
No, Bezos and Branson are not astronauts. They're rich guys that hired pilots (or astronauts, if you want to be generous) to give them a ride to the edge of outer space.
Pretty cool, but still doesn't make them astronauts, any more than me ordering the rack of lamb makes me a shepard.
GettingFasterDude wrote:
No, Bezos and Branson are not astronauts. They're rich guys that hired pilots (or astronauts, if you want to be generous) to give them a ride to the edge of outer space.
Pretty cool, but still doesn't make them astronauts, any more than me ordering the rack of lamb makes me a shepard.
In my understanding, there were no pilots about Bezos’s craft.
I consider them to be space cadets.
Perch wrote:
Kobbs Hessler wrote:
They are astronauts as much as Amelia Earhart was a pilot. She correctly described herself as a "sack of potatoes" on that trans-Atlantic flight that made her famous. The same for Jeff and Dick.
Pretty bad comparison. While Earhart was not much more than a passenger on the TransAtlantic flight she was very much a pilot. Her flying experience is well documented and she was chosen for the TransAtlantic flight due to her bona fides as a pilot.
She just sat there as two men flew her across the Atlantic for her first trip. When she tried it solo she took off from Newfoundland (Charles Lindbergh took off from New York) and landed in Ireland as opposed to her goal of Paris. And then of course she disappeared in the Pacific on her big round-the-world adventure. Quite a pilot.