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  1. hamdingers · · focus · HN ↗
    Reminds me of the original: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com&#x2F;
    1. ramshorns · · focus · HN ↗
      I liked checking that website, until it listed the Artemis II crew for weeks after they came back. Now I have no idea how accurate it is; I don&#x27;t know what other source to compare it to.

      But maybe there&#x27;s a more reliable method it uses for tracking the ISS astronauts, and the Artemis II needed more human input or something. For what it&#x27;s worth, both websites currently list the same ten astronauts.

      1. bbbrad · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah you&#x27;re not wrong. I&#x27;ve updated this site by hand since 2009. There&#x27;s not one data source so for a long time I was that data source. I&#x27;ll be honest: I got kind of soul-crushed when Bezos and Elon started sending people up in a way that just started to feel really dirty to me. Honestly I hated updating the site, then having to update it again an hour later every time Bezos sent someone up. It&#x27;s only been in the last year that I&#x27;ve started keeping it current.
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