And has a few times. You are certainly correct with that thought. Who wants to fly to 60,000 feet with some jokers.

It looks like the alphabets are going to change the parameters on what constitutes qualifies an Astronaut. They want to increase the height obtained but will allow "nominations" to status based on unclear parameters.

As long as *asterisks* and foot notes are included, I suppose it is Okay.

Seems to me they were nothing more than passengers on an automated ride.

The FAA Changed Its Definition of 'Astronaut' on the Same Day Jeff Bezos Went to Space
New FAA rules say Jeff Bezos doesn't qualify for its astronaut wings.
By
Shoshana Wodinsky

Jeff Bezos is a lot of things. A tax-dodging megalomaniac. A Dr. Evil lookalike. A weirdly horny cowboy hat enthusiast. The one thing he isn’t—at least as far as the Federal Aviation Administration is concerned—is an astronaut.

That’s according to a set of new guidelines that the federal agency issued on July 20, the same day Amazon’s ex-CEO briefly flew a dick-shaped space shuttle into the edge of space. Specifically, the updates concern the FAA’s Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program, and the criteria used to award those commanding, piloting, or working on privately funded spacecraft with the coveted astronaut wings badge. And Bezos, as it turns out, just doesn’t make the cut.

First, aside from flying in a craft that meets the FAA’s basic standards, the guidelines state that candidates need to fly more than 50 miles above the Earth’s surface in order to qualify. Bezos actually met that bar during his flight—in fact, he went a full 62 miles above sea level. The main issue is that he didn’t really do much during that flight. In the past, we’ve seen these wings awarded to pilots, like those leading the 2004 SpaceShipOne flight and the SpaceShipTwo in 2018. A year after that, the first woman (and non-pilot) would be awarded her wings when the FAA gave a pair to Beth Moses, Virgin Galactic’s chief astronaut instructor.

All of these figures actually did something on board; or as the FAA’s new guidance puts it, they “demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to public safety, or contributed to human space flight safety.” This is a new requirement for folks looking to get this badge of honor, and one that Bezos and his crew fall short of.

Because Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft was fully autonomous, there was nobody responsible for actively piloting the thing, nor anyone really performing any duties that were key to the crew’s “public safety.” Not only that, but the others that joined Bezos on New Shepard don’t even qualify as being members of the spacecraft’s “crew,” since the FAA defines that as employees or contractor’s associated with a company involved in the spacecraft’s launch.
This might be why Blue Origin already has its own winged pins ready to go for anyone taking a jaunt in its spacecraft. Bezos was among the first to be awarded these pins following New Shepard’s 10-minute flight to the edge of space, to the sound of thunderous applause (and a few “oooh’s” and “aaaah’s”) from all involved. Hey, at least this means Wally Funk finally got something.
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I guess my question to you guys, would you have gone up in that craft?

I think what crapped out the whole trip into space, what the Creepy speech, by the Van Jones nut cake right after they went in for interviews. I thougt to my self, "why is this wierd-o giving a oh poor me speech after something that was kinda of interesting." Wierd...http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...leys/roker.gifhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...leys/roker.gif

sure , why not, Bozo wouldn't have taken the ride and risk his multy billion dollar nett worth if it hadn't been thoroughly tested, so if a guy like that goes up, it's pretty sorted out and safe to go along.

Presumably, there had been some pre-testing. If so, then hell yes.

Obligatory lib squirrel content:
 

U LOVE the anti-US propaganda...

read this, and tell me where you will go for your "universal Healthcare"

https://selfcare.global/three-worst-healthcare-systems-in-the-world/

a snippet
"“Children are our future, and their mothers are its guardians. And yet, this year alone, more than half a million women will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Almost 11 million children will die before they reach the age of five — 4 million of them in the first month of life. Almost all these deaths will happen in developing countries. A large number of them could be prevented.” – Kofi Annan, former head of the UN"

But it's "Universal Healthcare"

If you don't know the difference between extremely rich western countries and the developing world, I really can't help you.

You posted the map, not him. Own it.

Well, one thing we know is the same for both poor and rich countries (according to your map)is that great 'Universal Healthcare"

Except the US. Bla... Who would ever want to go there for healthcare? It's not FREE like in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Life expectance of 58! And they do that on $32 per year per person. So dreamy. Universal and all.

But wait, there's more.. They have rockets too.

/sarc
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Once they make it safer, I wouldnt be surprised to see it at a dizzy world or Six Flags amusment park. Now that would be the snitzle! Id go for a ride on it!

I'm not going unless I can have a go at zero G sex. At least then I'd have a great excuse for it not going so well.

Hey they have about 4 minutes of weightless time. That's plenty of time! :eek:

Bezos and Branson are absolute pioneers. Those two are squeezing more out of life than 99% of the people walking erect. They won, and, in my mind, are experimenting with new ways of overcoming old engineering.

Good on them for getting in the seat.

I went to a private HS in South Carolina after moving from Cali with a LOT of rich kids, very rich kids, new SL450 in HS rich kids...think sons and daughters of Bezos and Branson Lite.

There was about a 50/50 spread between exotically f'd up off the chart and then talent along the lines of the regular Bell Curve.

BTW, conerning Universal Health Care, take out the commies and it gets interesting. I am looking to move to the former Soviet Republic since I have heard their knee surgeries just stopped involving leaches.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1627325878.jpg

Hey! Don't knock leaches until you've tried them! :)

The map was someone else's joke, unlike common PARF practice, I attributed it. It's right there in the photo.

You chose to drop that anti-US propaganda turd in the punch bowl.

And now "it was just someone else's turd" (that you fished out of the toilet? )

lame.

It’s only a turd if you’re a thin skinned Trump queen. It’s a joke and it was mildly funny.

Shatner in space is delayed till Wednesday morning. I'm amazed that someone of his age (90) can make this trip.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/william-shatner-s-blue-origin-space-trip-delayed-weather-n1281193

I love that Shatner is going to get to do this. As for his age, Wally Funk, who was on the first Blue Origin flight, was 84.

John Glen was the oldest person to fly on the shuttle at age 77 back on October 29th 1998.

Shatner will blow that record away. No one doubts Glenn was an astronaut. Shatner will be just a passenger - tourist.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1634063857.jpg

They should at least let him give the order: Engage.

No one doubts Glenn for what he did when he's young, but you're not telling me at 77 he was doing a lot of the real astronaut work , he was a test subject for geriatric studies...
They measured his old man data to compare it to his young man data set. That was the mission he was doing there.. the rest was PR for Nasa.

Other then the duration of STS95 and being a human guinea pig, he didn't really do anything more then what Shatner will do : along for the ride

Is the title of this Thread a polite way of saying that those guys are space cadets...out to lunch..

Are you gonna tell me that Elton wasn't really a rocketman ... after all these years?

Hate to burst your rants, but if you sit on top of a rocket booster in a capsul or fly in a rocket plane you are officially an astronaught. If you do the same in Russia, you are offically a cosmonaught. No matter how jealous of their fame and fourtune, it happened, they are astronaughts. and thats that. Go buy a Gemini Tittan, find a gantry, strap your self in, and go blast yourselves off.;)http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1634069302.jpg

Everything else aside if Shatner can tolerate the stresses of a rocket launch at the age of 90 then he can have whatever title he wants. 90!

Flight on a temporary hold.

https://youtu.be/uEhdlIor-do

Countdown resumes.

Launch at about 9:30 central.

I think it's cool, that the most famous Space Explorer of Sci Fi, got his chance to get up there at his age.
Sure he wasn't an astronaut in the 60ies, but I'm sure he's done a great deal to inspire others about going into space. Hell, first Star Trek show was in 66, he has waited a long time for this.
To bad Spock couldn't go with him.

The overexcited narration is extremely irritating tho

Shatner is standing there, trying to describe what he felt and saw.. emotional.. trying to come up with something profound and express what he just experienced.
Bozo walks away grabs bottle of champagne to pop and OWOHOWOWYEEEHAW

What a Jackass.