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To help them determine the potential for human injuries with each possible landing scenario, NASA has used human cadavers during their tests.

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IndieGal1 month, 2 weeks ago

It may be for the best results that they use cadavers...but it's still gross!
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  Teech1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  It is gross, and it's harder than hell to interview 'em after the tests.
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PleaseMe1 month, 2 weeks ago

All astronautics is dead thing. Imagine - you inside scrap pile are going somewhere, where is no water, ground, or even air - for what purpose? There is no reason to make all this big and complex space rockets. Nonsense. There are still so many tasks right here, on Earth.
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  smithichie1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Yes there are plenty of tasks right here on Earth but that is no reason to preclude the exploration of space, in fact such exploration in the past has provided solutions to many of those tasks.
  
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engineer1 month, 2 weeks ago

The cadavers would have to be embalmed for that determination
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Dicax_Maximus1 month, 2 weeks ago

They volunteered when they were alive, so what's the grief ?
Anything that helps humanity get to the stars is a GOOD thing, IMHO......
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Teech1 month, 2 weeks ago

I know some politicians that I'd like to volunteer for the job.....
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boots721 month, 2 weeks ago

That's pretty weird. Why couldn't they just use dummies or life-like size something similar to human bodies?
http://thelwsealsshow.blogspot.com/2008/05/sate...
Since the bodies won't really give a realistic idea of how live humans would react (because it would be dead weight), then what's the difference in NASA using something else similar to the size and height of a real human? Science is getting crazy. Does this capsule have anything to do with the satellite they've been working on?
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