Billionaires on the ISS Weren't Expecting to Work So Hard
gizmodo.com
The first private astronauts, who paid $55 million to journey to the ISS, needed some handholding from the regular crew.
  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    The wealthy really are a burden on society, aren't they?

    Fucking dickheads, space is terrifying and still being studied and the ISS is a lab. It's not a tourist resort for you to just fuck around in.

    The crew arrived on the ISS on April 9, packing an impressive experimental payload with them that included experiments on holoportation, human cells, and high-precision optical lenses. But being that it was their first time in space, and that they are neither professional astronauts nor researchers, some of the experiments ended up taking quite a lot longer than anticipated. One experiment that was meant to take just two and a half hours based on pre-flight training ended up occupying double that amount of time, according to entrepreneur and investor Larry Connor, who was a member of the Ax-1 mission.

    I would be so pissed if all my work had to be delayed because I had to babysit some chucklefucks who didn't care about science. What a waste.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Billionaires really are vampires. Whenever they're around a small number of workers, the surplus labor they extract becomes even more obvious.

    • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Imagine getting to go to space and then complaining when someone asks you to help you do some cool space science. I'm so fucking jealous of this rich assholes. I fucking hate this shit system. Give those seats to people who care.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The wealthy really are a burden on society, aren’t they?

      :surprised-pika:

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      If Jeff Bezos came into my lab and made my experiments take double the time because he couldn’t grab a rat or couldn’t use a fucking pipette I would force feed him paraformaldehyde.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The ISS is one of relatively few places where you could absolutely pull rank on Jeff Bezos and duct tape him and shove him in a closet if he complained.