Do you think sociopaths like current 'leader' would change significantly upon such experience? I unfortunately don't share such optimism.

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bregma 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Houston, this is Golden One. I'm looking down on the big, beautiful, blue world. They love me down there. They all love me. I'm the greatest astronaut ever in the history of mankind. No one has ever orbited like this before."

Yeah, you may be right.

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GTP 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Made me chuckle :D

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drfloyd51 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe he should ride on the Artemis II mission?

	▲	allenrb 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Strapped to one of the boosters?

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bayindirh 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You don't have to be an optimist. You have to try.

Trying and seeing what happens is also science, after all.

	▲	discreteevent 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Scientists don't try everything. First they run it through expert critical review. This candidate wouldn't make it past the theory stage.
	▲	InsideOutSanta 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I mean, we can probably predict what will happen based on existing data. "I've seen things up there that are huge, absolutely huge. And let me tell you, astronauts, they came up to me, they were crying, big men crying. Earth, it's a good name, but it's not big enough, not grand enough. So, I'm thinking we rename it. How about 'The Trump Sphere'? It's got a nice ring to it, doesn't it? And let me tell you, nobody would argue with that name!"

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sheiyei 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The point with the last bit was that they should be put in an unsafe craft.