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Craig Fink wrote:
So we do have a non-zero sample size and it is not encouraging.

The sample size of astronauts and cosmonauts is much larger and therefore
statistically significant in determining changes in attitude.

However, despite a certain amount of hype, astronaut attitudes generally
don't change a lot after flight. There are a few examples of guys who
were really shaken up by it... but by and large, when you look at the
details, those were guys who clearly had a shaking up coming anyway. It's
an impressive, moving experience, but it doesn't make big changes.

If spaceflight has any effect, it's to strengthen the way people already
are. If that means shaky and unstable, they get more shaky and unstable
and end up going through upheavals. But Pete Conrad and Neil Armstrong
just got even more strongly Pete Conrad and Neil Armstrong.
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