Re: Are Astronauts Heroes?
I have in the past few months read a few books written by astronauts and looked into what qualifies as the "right stuff". Becoming an astronaut is an incredible process. It's giving up so much of your life to a bureaucracy that will abuse you, just for the chance to strap yourself on top of a rocket that has a decent chance of killing you.
There are plenty of astronauts that I consider heroes, if only because of how much self sacrifice and work they have inside of them. I aspire to that, if nothing else.
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