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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
I don’t get it. A 90 minute plane ride that includes a few minutes of low gravity. That does not make you an astronaut IMHO. I’d rather take my wife out for a nice dinner.
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I kind of agree, they're just a paying passenger with no actual function. I'm sure getting astronaut wings will help sell tickets.
It could be argued that Alan Shepard's first flight was similar (a 15 minute "lob" into space). Shepard was a trained test pilot and actually did some maneuvering of his vehicle.