Must have been quite something to go where nobody had gone before, with no clear idea what the effect would be on the human body or if the return to Earth was survivable. The capsule was tiny and there wasn't much he could do if things went badly wrong.
Modded overrated huh? So someone doesn't think that taking that incredible risk, being the first human to experience weightlessness even though at the time the effects on humans were unknown, is overrated?
Are we still fighting the cold war or something? Oh wait, we actually are in the midst of communist panic again so maybe that's it...
Into the unknown (Score:5, Insightful)
Must have been quite something to go where nobody had gone before, with no clear idea what the effect would be on the human body or if the return to Earth was survivable. The capsule was tiny and there wasn't much he could do if things went badly wrong.
Re: (Score:2, Interesting)
Modded overrated huh? So someone doesn't think that taking that incredible risk, being the first human to experience weightlessness even though at the time the effects on humans were unknown, is overrated?
Are we still fighting the cold war or something? Oh wait, we actually are in the midst of communist panic again so maybe that's it...
Re: (Score:-1)
How about we shoot you into space so you can experience weightlessness? Don't hurry back!
Re:Into the unknown (Score:2)
How about we shoot you into space so you can experience weightlessness? Don't hurry back!
Shit yea, sign me up if you are paying. Though i will need to fly on something that doesn't pull 8-Gs like Gagarin did.
Re: Into the unknown (Score:2)
Shit yea, sign me up if you are paying.
We're sending you up old school. Just sit on that manhole cover over there.