Eh, perhaps mission is a bit much, with the military connotations, but they are testing some valid hypotheses, like will high radiation render billionaires sterile/cancer ridden and will an untested spacesuit kill one. Worthy in my mind.

Morbid humour aside, it's not totally a joyride, could be worse.

[–] joelthelion@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just because it's dangerous and not always fun doesn't make it a "mission". Exactly like when some rich schmuck pays 150k to climb Everest.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't disagree, just looking at it from the Lord Farquaad point of view, "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make". I think space exploration is good and if we have to burn a few billionaires to get there, I am sanguine.

[–] Tiempo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

I think we could learn so much if this ends in a total wipe out of some billionaires.... Let's hope for the best for science, and then do some replication studies with more billionaires to be sure all variables stay the same

[–] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

I just hope they built the spacecraft from Boeing's best expired carbon fiber.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

It's crazy they plan to do this with no atmosphere inside the spacecraft. They'll be in their suits the entire mission?