It's baffling watching commentators describing the dangerously elevated levels of nitrogen tetroxide juxtaposed with the crew members wandering around in short sleeves.
Replace Floridian with any other regional group of people, and maybe you'll see that the only reason you get away with saying something so hateful is because the public sentiment towards Florida has shifted in recent years.
Now here's the real question I propose : Because public opinion has made it okay to make fun of a group of people, are you personally okay with bringing the conversation down to that level?
Personally speaking, I'm not.
I humbly ask you to reassess your urge to discriminate against an entire group of people, just because they happen to have rolled the dice and landed on Florida.
Yes, there are teams all over the country that worked on this mission but it launched from and returned to Florida, like hundreds of manned missions before.
Show some respect for the thousands of Floridians that have contributed to the space coast.
That was one person, 10 years ago.
> It's baffling watching commentators describing the dangerously elevated levels of nitrogen tetroxide juxtaposed with the crew members wandering around in short sleeves.
And don't forget the cotton masks!