Blah blah _bloody clickbait_ blah.<p>The objective reality of our world and this (Eurasian part of) its species is that we have already reached the sorry apex of our &quot;space travel&quot;: in other words it&#x27;s not getting any better or more involved or complicated, or indeed gory and dangerous than it is now. EVAR. This is it: humans (9 times out of 10, air force personnel - not scientists, not engineers) spinning safely albeit wildly, around this planet at an altitude of 350-400 kilometers in a bunch of excruciatingly expensive modules (&quot;ISS&quot;) with artificially created 0 gravity (actual low Earth orbit gravity at that altitude is about 96-97 percent of what it is right where I, and you, sit now).<p>.... and if anything goes wrong, the Ruskies ship them down to Earth ASAP to get operated on, or whatever. That&#x27;s all.<p>So - what was that thing about &quot;surgery in space&quot;? Where? When? What species might have to do it? Not _us_ - I assure you, BBC, you poor Buzzfeed competitor, you.<p>And those people up there &quot;in space&quot; are, as of Nov. 30 and the latest news, being sent &quot;caviar, fruit, and chocolate&quot; - but no vodka?<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tass.ru&#x2F;en&#x2F;science&#x2F;840306" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tass.ru&#x2F;en&#x2F;science&#x2F;840306</a><p>Eh???<p>I wouldn&#x27;t wanna be on that &quot;space station&quot; when the Russian segment finds out about this conspicuous and inexplicable lack of the core &quot;good times&quot; component.