Yep, watersports
A former NASA astronaut who commanded space shuttle Discovery’s second-to-last mission died after a water scooter crash involving his sons near Pensacola Beach.
Capt. Alan Poindexter, 50, died Sunday after a water scooter driven by his 26-year-old son, Zachary, collided into the back of another one the former astronaut was riding.
BAN PERSONAL WATERCRAFT!
Don’t say that too loud, they’ve tried before.
Already done in my area, and I’m OK with that. In my lobstering days I’ve been hit twice by idiots trying to jump my wake, and I have recurring dreams of running over the idiots that cross our bows when on something much bigger and harder to stop. You can claim that it’s Darwin at work, but it’s small comfort.
In the case of the astronaut, I’m saddened but unsurprised. The steering mechanism of jetdrives is counterintuitive in that you have to accelerate to turn. Not a good thing.