• LurkingLuddite@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    “For no reason” means, “condition not being controlled for”.

    To give in to superstition is bad science.

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        Astronauts aren’t scientists, they’re military. The military are all in on superstition.

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          1 day ago

          That’s not totally true. Sure, many are military, but not all. I think all of the pilots are though, for obvious reasons.

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            14 hours ago

            Of all of the Apollo astronauts only one was a scientist.

            Out of the entirety of the Apollo missions we got one scientist on the moon. It’s pretty clear whether US governments intentions lay.

            The percentage of scientists to non-scientists is depressingly low.

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              12 hours ago

              Apollo, yes. I don’t think it’s for reasons you might be implying (what are they, that they’re going to space to kill stuff?). They have to have people who can endure high-gs and stress. Pilots are already proven for this. A civilian they have to test and train up from nothing. I don’t think it’s some kind of secret military plot. It’s just convenience and accessibility.