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A comment on SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to proceed for May 27 target. Parent comment

Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by legolas2412 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @01:20AM (#23280128)
I don't think it's fair to award opportunities to a person not on their own merit, but based on their nationality. I don't think it's fair to strive for equal number of Icelandic nationals and Indian nationals. It is not fair, but the very definition of unfair.
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Re:SpaceX’s first crewed spacecraft launch cleared to procee... by burfog on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:00AM (#23288961)
Language would be better. The monolingual nature of the USA has long been a huge economic and cultural advantage.

So instead of an equal number of Icelandic nationals and Indian nationals, we could strive for an equal number of people speaking Icelandic, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, and so on. Those with excellent-quality English don't face the limit.

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