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megafari t1_iswmfw2 wrote

Astronauts seem to consistently live a good, long time. Be like an astronaut...curious and healthy!

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mattmillze t1_iswxrv8 wrote

Being in the top of your age group physically and mentally probably helps. It's really hard to get selected to become an astronaut and requires a lifetime of fitness and study. You have to be exceptional in every way to get into space. It's only in the last decade that money was enough to achieve spaceflight. Before that, only the best and the brightest elite pilots in the greatest air force on planet earth made that cut. (Or whatever Russia does) Here's a list of current requirements to be considered for the Artemis program.

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MyCollector t1_isx849h wrote

Eagle Scouts. Marathon runners. Champion athletes. The smartest in their math and science classes. Often holding PhDs today or were test pilots in the 60s.

You know how when you create a video game character and spec them out, you can make them intellectual like a wizard but not strong and brawny like a warrior because the game doesn’t give you enough to fill every column up? Astronauts tend to have enough marbles in all the columns.

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TheRealSpez t1_isxutmo wrote

This is a really good analogy.

I don’t know the exact background of most astronauts, but Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin both had specialized degrees related to aerospace engineering and were incredibly gifted fighter pilots. Additionally, Buzz Aldrin got a doctorate from MIT, and Neil Armstrong was accepted to to there for his bachelor’s, but decided to go to Purdue instead.

They didn’t just choose brutes who may have been able to survive, and they didn’t just choose nerds who could kind of understand what was going on. They found freaks of nature that could do it all and were ready to potentially die miserably with little recourse.

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Mediumaverageness t1_iswyv0z wrote

Therefore fueling the conspiracy theory denying anyone got past LEO because of radiation risk during flight to the moon.

Edit : I've seen the downvotes ! Just reporting things I've heard, for my part I'm a huge space nerd. Apollo 9 mission badge is on my fridge.

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TheSeansei t1_isyh5oc wrote

You get more radiation from 5G just walking down the street /s

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