April 03, 2007
So Much for That Career

At 6'2", it looks like my already-slim chances of ever eating the Orion dog-food* might be getting even slimmer.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, though -- Apollo CM headrests hit me between the shoulderblades.

* explanation here

Posted by T.L. James on April 3, 2007 10:11 PM | TrackBack

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Come on man!
I know plenty of people who would give an arm and a leg to get into space. Is giving two legs a step too far? ;-)

~Jon



Posted by: Jonathan Goff at April 6, 2007 07:50 PM

You can actually keep all your appendages; just have them take a couple of inches out of your leg bones. In this age of rampant plastic surgery, implants and other physiological manipulation, it doesn't really sound that extreme.



Posted by: Aaron_J at April 7, 2007 07:24 AM

Whoa...for a second there I thought you were going to suggest having them sewn on somewhere else.



Posted by: T.L .James at April 7, 2007 03:40 PM

That brings up an interesting discriminator that the commercial spaceflight providers will have to provide. The first adopters of commercial spaceflight will be rich (largely) white guys. Most rich guys also happen to be tall people.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heightism) "A survey of Fortune 500 CEO height in 2005 revealed that they were on average 6 feet tall, which is 3 inches taller than the average American man."



Posted by: Cheri at April 9, 2007 01:03 PM