Does anyone else sense the wrongness here? What exact reason is given for risking the lives of three men and a woman in something as pointless as a manned loop around the moon? The only new thing in all of this is that a woman is going to the near vicinity of the moon for the first time and that seems to be the sum total of the missions scientific purpose/achievement and let's be honest, sending pioneering women along for the ride has not proven all that wildly successful the past.
I can see the point if it was landing on the moon. That way leads to science but repeating a simple trick we've done successfully 9 times seems utterly unnecessary. We are risking lives of people who are in all senses of the word, passengers and there doesn't seem to be any reason for it. I see the risk but not the reward.
When I think of going backwards 40 years in science and engineering why does NASA spring to mind?
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It's an dry run....to see just how badly DEI has screwed up NASA. If I was one of the astronauts I'd double check to make sure my life insurance covered this trip. Because odds are good things won't go well.
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