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Why do you assume that this is about "nobility"? I would guess it's just to satisfy a personal curiosity. A feeling I totally share.

There's a difference between watching a livestream and actually being there, just as there's a difference between seeing a picture of $COUNTRY vs. actually visiting

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Okay, sure, curiosity. You want to sacrifice your life (a life) for curiosity, when robotics can fulfill the need without loss of life. Oh, a personal experience, that will justify the loss of life?

Every life is lost eventually, all we have along the way is personal experiences.

There's also a huge difference from just seeing a shuttle take off on TV vs in real life from relatively close... Can't even imagine being in it.

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