Is "the right stuff" a myth that NASA keeps around

>>7843300

What?

If that's a myth they keep around they don't to such a swell job at it cuz I ain't ever heard of it.

>>7843302
>>7843303
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nasa+the+right+stuff

I thought /sci/ posters would at least be somewhat smart. This is pretty much common knowledge.

The Right Stuff is a NASA developed sports drink that provides serious hydration for serious athletes.

???

>>7843310
>you don't know about some unknown shit
>therefore your iq is less than 80
Great thread.
Show IQ test results.

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>>7843310
>>7843300
>A marketing slogan used exclusively within the US to promote NASA

Why are Amerifats so insular?

While you faggot circlejerk over your government oranisations the rest of the world is actually making progress

>>7843310
>This is pretty much common knowledge.

I'm on 4chan all the time and frequent the NASA website. I don't recall that slogan at all. I've never once seen a NASA advertisement in any media at all. This:

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+right+stuff

Just gives some movie I've never heard of which looks pretty fucking aweful.

This:

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+right+stuff+nasa

Gives me >>7843360 which just seems retarded.

So, tell us, OP, what is this "myth" you are referring to?

The NASA manned space program is basically a historical re-enactment society. "Wow, wasn't the Apollo Program great?!"

They're not interested in opening up space. They just want to be part of a big thing with lots of glory and steady employment good salaries. Every time they get a choice between getting some real work done with the money they have or keeping people in their inefficient jobs, they keep people in their jobs.

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The Right Stuff is not a myth.

Some people have it, most don't.

Sounds like you all need to read the book or watch the movie again. The term didn't refer exclusively to NASA astronauts, but also to the military test pilots of the experimental flight testing programs, who (as the story underlined) had a far more challenging, dangerous and less-rewarding job. And the movie even referenced the fact that the Mercury astronauts, despite having "the right stuff," were essentially just human guinea-pigs with very little actual responsibility (recall the scene where Yeager points out that the first American astronaut will be a monkey), unlike the experimental test pilots whose skills were crucial to the program and indeed to their very own survival. If a monkey can be an astronaut, surely a random millionaire can.

Is "the right stuff" a myth? No, it's not a myth. But it's not a necessity for spaceflight either.

>>7845009
Thank you, exactly what I wanted to know.

>>7843300
How would a drink keep NASA relevant?