2006-08-09 18:17:04 · 13 answers · asked by Backtash123 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
For sure, I'd rather be an astronomer. Astronauts train for a mission, and the mission itself is controlled by Mission Control. The astronauts are along for the ride, and to do various preplanned activities. You don't believe astronauts actually fly those spacecraft, do you?
Being an astronomer is a career, not just a mission. You're not just training for a single event, but spending day after day (or night after night) researching a certain area of the sky, or a particular object out there somewhere. Although I'm sure it gets boring sometimes, you know that every day you're making some progress on whatever you're doing.
When it's all over, you ask yourself what you accomplished in a career. An astronomer probably has a lot of accomplishments; an astronaut (who has a much shorter career) can say he or she went for a fantastic ride one day ...
2006-08-09 18:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by bpiguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Telescope. I've wanted to be an astronomer half of my life, which probably isn't all that much considering, but still the same, its something I'm aiming for (although I'm not sure I'll be working with the highest powered telescope).
Honestly, I'd really want to be working with a space telescope or particle accelerator more than anything, but I'd take the high powered telescope.
2006-08-10 01:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by astronwritingthinkingprayingrnns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will take the telescope. People should not take sci-fi too seriously. We have no way to adequately protect humans on even the short flights to the Moon and Mars. In 20 years when we are expected to make those journeys we probably will have plasma shields, but can we generate those on the martian surface? Solar radiation is one thing. We can insulate ourselves against that. But cosmic rays are another matter. It is unlikely we can fend off all the ones we know of, and the fact is, the further we go out the more new ones we will discover. It is doubtful we will be able to protect ourselves on the fly. I find it rather depressing. Even more depressing is that the Bush
Administration has taken away a lot of money from unmanned missions for something which likely will not happen this century. Damn politics!
2006-08-09 18:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by rayhanks2260 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll be first to be an astronaut and I 'll go to space and bring there the more powerful telescope from earth and start a research.
2006-08-10 03:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 03:38:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather be an astronaut
with that, I could reach the farthest planet in which I could only see as a dot of light in a telescope.
2006-08-09 18:25:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are landing on the moon, a telescope will get you much "closer" to what you are looking at in terms of detail. Plus it's a lot safer too.
2006-08-10 06:51:51 · answer #7 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll work with the telescope on earth .No need float in the space shuttle.
2006-08-09 22:50:00 · answer #8 · answered by futurepilot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I must say I'd rather work with the telescope. Domino's doesn't deleiver to the space station.
:o)
2006-08-13 14:32:30 · answer #9 · answered by sparc77 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be an astronaut. I've always wanted to go into space and see other planets, stars and other celestial bodies.
2006-08-09 18:28:51 · answer #10 · answered by venus11224 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋