Cory Doctorow on Nostr: In 2003, Disney opened an Epcot ride, "Mission: Space." Formally, it was a space ...

In 2003, Disney opened an Epcot ride, "Mission: Space." Formally, it was a space travel sim that used a high-intensity centrifuge to simulate gee stress; practically, it was the most efficient machine ever created for surfacing previously undiagnosed heart defects in dramatic, potentially lethal ways.

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