Why doesn't NASA hire the production staff from either Big Brother or Real World, any spaceship would already be filled with camera's, between a weekly show and internet sales the mission would virtually fund itself! As for illness, any long term mission would surely include a large crew and include at least a couple folks who have medical experience, with some of the new long reach operation technology available to surgeons currently the "expertise" could easily exist on the ground with the hands and eyes on the ship needing only a basic knowledge. Assuming of course there was no significgant delay in data/video transmission. I reasonable incinerator would be easy to install, take up little space and be equiped to recover the usuable elements while the remaining ashes could be stored for transport back.
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Why doesn't NASA hire the production staff from either Big Brother or Real World, any spaceship would already be filled with camera's, between a weekly show and internet sales the mission would virtually fund itself! As for illness, any long term mission would surely include a large crew and include at least a couple folks who have medical experience, with some of the new long reach operation technology available to surgeons currently the "expertise" could easily exist on the ground with the hands and eyes on the ship needing only a basic knowledge. Assuming of course there was no significgant delay in data/video transmission. I reasonable incinerator would be easy to install, take up little space and be equiped to recover the usuable elements while the remaining ashes could be stored for transport back.