Linenger is absolutely right. Only people with engineering or physics degrees should even be allowed into space. Okay, maybe some doctors. What? Now some guys think they can just buy their way to a spacewalk? Only the genetically and egotistically superior NASA astronaut can even attempt such a risky procedure. And of course, only taxpayers should pay for spacewalks because its only an astronauts natural right to be given everything for free becausee they have worked so hard and proved to everybody they are naturally superior.

Good Lord. I’m sure many astronauts are fine people. However, its opinions like that and others that betray the superiority mindset that some (and I’m willing to bet all in some measure)astronauts have that they are better than everyone else. NASA astronauts are a main factor in our useless space program for the last 30 years.

True, EVAs today are major technical endeavors requiring substantial training and oversight. But the effort to address EVAs conducted by tourists (for lack of a better term) should inspire methods to streamline EVAs by improving suit design, developing more efficient procedures, and instituting more effective safety protocols..