You're close there. Maxims do have to go, as do swimsuit issues and photos from our wives. But Elle, Vogue, Playgirl, GayPrideWeekly, OUT, VEGAN, The pacifist's journal, and Koran are all fine.
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New Atronauts...also known as Astronauts
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You're close there. Maxims do have to go, as do swimsuit issues and photos from our wives. But Elle, Vogue, Playgirl, GayPrideWeekly, OUT, VEGAN, The pacifist's journal, and Koran are all fine.
I do question some of the exemptions but I'm probably just showing my age…
Uh…you mean like farming? "I'll trade my snap beans for some of your turnips, and we'll pool stuff to get some of Sergei's potatoes?"
Pretty sweet…
(P.S.: I've got some smuggled cans of SPAM to trade….)
OK: There are 4 men and 4 women in this astronaut class. Unless the number of female aviators equals or exceeds the number of male aviators, then women have better odds of being selected than men. Political Correctness is one thing: refusing to address reality is something else - and much more dangerous to our military. If this BS is the Navy you guys (figuratively speaking, of course) want, then heaven help us all. JMHO.
There is no hate in my posts, and this is not about straight white males. Aviation & engineering are 2 career paths that have been dominated for a long time by males. I find it "interesting" that astronaut selection (which presumably would require skills, education and experience in those 2 areas) comes out 50/50 between males & females.
I felt the hate. Especially when you acted as though the Navy was at fault for the astronaut selection process, and called us for perpetuating some sort of military by social convention. I'm willing to argue the 9 degrees among those 4 women, two of whom are test pilots, would at least keep them close in the running.
Space isn't all about aviators anymore. In fact, given today's method of space travel...the doctor and weather lady probably have more reason to be up there than we do. Even the space shuttle only needed two pilots in crew of 5-6.
In your opinion, what would a more "qualified" class look like?
But 50/50 does not define the demographic of those qualified to apply to the Space Program.
Since I do not know what the current "qual criteria" might be, I'm unable to comment further. I'm just guessing that "military trained/experienced aviator" is not particularly high on the list.
With the shuttle gone, who's bearing the space delivery capability?
