Billionaires in Space
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I really don't understand the mission of Virgin Galactic, or for that matter Bert Rutan's vision using a craft like this.
Is it purely for "space" tourism, or is there something else they want to do?
I recently posted a story about another company that's launching small satellites from a 747. That seems an economical approach.
But afaik, Virgin has no such plans.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I really don't understand the mission of Virgin Galactic, or for that matter Bert Rutan's vision using a craft like this.
Is it purely for "space" tourism, or is there something else they want to do?
I recently posted a story about another company that's launching small satellites from a 747. That seems an economical approach.
But afaik, Virgin has no such plans.
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The air needed to fly an airplane runs out around 100K feet.
50 miles = about 250K feet
Calling space 50 statute miles is OK with me. That was the limit for a long time.
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You're all pissed off because the first d-bag in space isn't an American?
Once again, the British have excelled at being really freaking annoying! It's what we do, baby.
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In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
Even the notion of being in Space isn’t new:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!
Seems like this is more of the same.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
Even the notion of being in Space isn’t new:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!
Seems like this is more of the same.
@loki said in Billionaires in Space:
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
These billionaires can each claim to have done spectacular things with their lives, but as far as them going to space goes, that is more along the lines of upper middle class douche bags paying $50k to have Sherpas pull them up Everest.
Education is extremely important.
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@george-k said in Billionaires in Space:
https://www.change.org/p/the-proletariat-do-not-allow-jeff-bezos-to-return-to-earth
I wonder how much actuarial risk Bezos' space flight imposes on AMZN stock.
Education is extremely important.
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@loki said in Billionaires in Space:
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
These billionaires can each claim to have done spectacular things with their lives, but as far as them going to space goes, that is more along the lines of upper middle class douche bags paying $50k to have Sherpas pull them up Everest.
@horace said in Billionaires in Space:
@loki said in Billionaires in Space:
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
These billionaires can each claim to have done spectacular things with their lives, but as far as them going to space goes, that is more along the lines of upper middle class douche bags paying $50k to have Sherpas pull them up Everest.
I'd say that Branson's ballooning exploits were considerably more impressive (and dangerous) than his space visit.
