@Emerades Then they can become a marine, or climb mount Everest, or something to feel special.
In the public mind astronaut means someone who went to space. Space travel should get easier.
It makes these organizations look like a joke.
@Emerades Honestly, as of 2021, these organizations are dying anyway. So I guess it is fitting that this is the legacy they leave behind, one last tribalistic grunt before they are shoved into obscurity.
Complaining that people used money to do things, is also what small folk do. Don't complain about fortunes of birth or someone's source of income when they try to do something. That is just petty and insecure.
@jmw150
Obviously.
Astronauts work hard to become astronauts, while these people trivialize it just because they have money.