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Old 09-15-2021, 04:43 PM   #4607
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There's no question that the stakes are high on this one. With astronauts, you know they at least signed up for it as a career. It's Jared's idea. Sian has dreamed of it her whole life. I feel like they know what they are in for.

But Haley and Christopher both basically got pulled out of a pile of names. Haleys' mom recently lost her husband. Christopher has a family and kids. Suffice it to say, that would be really tough for them.

I'm confident that SpaceX is as safe as anyone, but as Elon would say, the "pucker factor" is high.
Indeed it is. They'll be fine. I'm actually glad that they are going to be riding a twice flight-proven Falcon. Think that's right.

Is the Dragon "used"?
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