Recent content by SDelMonte

At least this time there is a trained astronaut on board, unlike last summer's joyride. But it's silly to call Connor the pilot. He won't be doing a thing.

When you die in space, your body is put in an empty photon torpedo casing and launched into the black, while your chief engineer plays Amazing Grace.

As ever, people act as if it's either/or. It can be and should be both.

So the situation no one wanted happened, and the lone trained cosmonaut had to do everything himself while his hapless passengers watched. The whole thing is a farce and NASA and ESA should have told the Russians to go to hell. And maybe have to say the same to Tom Cruise. Space is not safe...

Well, that basically turns me off to this stunt flight totally. Spoiled rich dude in space is just what no one needs, no matter who else went along for the ride.

Time to consider just scrapping the Boeing program and going all in with SpaceX. The sunk costs fallacy has to be considered.

Wow, the Russians blamed a woman of color. Blaming a woman seems on brand for a country with exactly one woman in the cosmonaut core. Being racist is just a bonus.

Going into space without a trained astronaut pilot seems foolish. Can SpaceX trust that everything will go perfectly?

As long as there is a fear of a rocket launch that has any risk of radioactive debris falling on the ground, no one will stand for nuclear rockets.

Pretty ungracious response that only shows why there will continue to be tension between the two space agencies regardless of who is president. The Russians are not our friends.