Astronauts

Does anyone really think that one astronaut trying to kill another has lessened the reputation or the importance of astronauts? Does anyone think kids are going to want to stop going to space because one of these highly respected people did something stupid in fifty years of spaceflight? Seriously. That's a fucking good record. It's not like kids stop wanting to be the president because they turn out to be assholes. God.

"I'm sure it is shocking to find out that they have unhappy marriages, engage in affairs, have problems with their kids, act out in all sorts of inappropriate ways," I'll attribute that quote to some guy with a degree named Pat Santy at the University of Michigan. Is any adult in this country ever surprised by the fact that government agencies, businesses and other institutions try to keep their dirty business under wraps? Isn't this what hour-long dramas are supposed to reveal to us about our favorite workplaces?

I hope this forces a few more people to pull their heads out of their asses and start realizing we're all basically the same, when it comes to sex, violence and raging emotion.