[NoMoreNicksLeft]

> It's too damn hard, and they weren't about to risk the lives of astronauts.

The same government that exposed its soldiers to nuclear detonations? That did biological weapons testing on its own civilian population?

You're absolutely right, there's no way they would have risked late-life cancer or even a spaceflight explosion on a dozen people who signed waivers of informed consent.

Every single one of us is expendable to our government. If they thought it important, or even just really really wanted to, they'd have killed thousands in the attempt. Anyone who doesn't see that is estranged from reality.