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  • L Loki
    12 Jul 2021, 20:24

    The liberals are going nuts about how this money and fossil fuel could be wasted in times like this. I just about threw up.

    Guess what, a massive amount of innovation is going on and space used to be awesome as long as NASA was running it.

    But most importantly the species has an imperative to survive and getting off this planet in time is a prerequisite.

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    Catseye3
    wrote on 14 Jul 2021, 12:23 last edited by
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    @loki said in Billionaires in Space:

    the species has an imperative to survive and getting off this planet in time is a prerequisite.

    Why? So we can fuck up exactly the same way someplace else?

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • C Catseye3
      14 Jul 2021, 12:23

      @loki said in Billionaires in Space:

      the species has an imperative to survive and getting off this planet in time is a prerequisite.

      Why? So we can fuck up exactly the same way someplace else?

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      Renauda
      wrote on 14 Jul 2021, 14:55 last edited by
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      @catseye3

      Hubris, it seems, has no bounds.

      Elbows up!

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        Copper
        wrote on 14 Jul 2021, 15:40 last edited by
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        So we can get away from people with limited horizons.

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          Copper
          wrote on 14 Jul 2021, 15:42 last edited by
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          Unity’s trip meant that, for a few minutes, there were a record 16 people in space, including its crew and those on board the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong capsule.

          https://www.wsj.com/articles/richard-bransons-virgin-galactic-set-for-travel-to-space-in-sunday-flight-11626002209

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          • C Copper
            14 Jul 2021, 15:40

            So we can get away from people with limited horizons.

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 14 Jul 2021, 16:50 last edited by
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            @copper said in Billionaires in Space:

            So we can get away from people with limited horizons.

            Are there any other kinds of horizons?

            I was only joking

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              Copper
              wrote on 14 Jul 2021, 20:48 last edited by
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              Some people make them move.

              Billionaires, for example.

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                George K
                wrote on 16 Jul 2021, 15:00 last edited by
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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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                  George K
                  wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 12:41 last edited by
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                  The Bezos boys are going up in about 20 minutes:

                  Link to video

                  "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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                  • L Loki
                    12 Jul 2021, 20:24

                    The liberals are going nuts about how this money and fossil fuel could be wasted in times like this. I just about threw up.

                    Guess what, a massive amount of innovation is going on and space used to be awesome as long as NASA was running it.

                    But most importantly the species has an imperative to survive and getting off this planet in time is a prerequisite.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 12:45 last edited by
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                    @loki said in Billionaires in Space:

                    The liberals are going nuts about how this money and fossil fuel could be wasted in times like this. I just about threw up.

                    Guess what, a massive amount of innovation is going on and space used to be awesome as long as NASA was running it.

                    But most importantly the species has an imperative to survive and getting off this planet in time is a prerequisite.

                    Yes, and they give no consideration to the $3B Branson has pledged to causes that address climate change, not to mention the other pretty huge sums he gives away.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • H Horace
                      12 Jul 2021, 20:27

                      Humans from earth will never populate the universe. We'll just become extinct on Earth.

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                      Copper
                      wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 14:29 last edited by Copper
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                      @loki said in Billionaires in Space:

                      The liberals are going nuts about how this money and fossil fuel could be wasted in times like this.

                      If the liberals and their friends would get real productive jobs instead of whining about everything, we would have enough money to send everyone into space.

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 21:49 last edited by
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                        Massive knob launches into space.

                        Also, the rocket looks a bit like a penis.

                        I was only joking

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                          George K
                          wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 21:54 last edited by
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                          It's kind of fun watching people trying to justify this as anything other than a "billionaire's joyride."

                          For that kind of money, you can @jon-nyc could probably buy a lot more fun for a long longer than 5 minutes.

                          Oh, wait, I said "longer than 5 minutes."

                          Never mind.

                          "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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                            Doctor Phibes
                            wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 21:59 last edited by
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                            Sending billionaires into space could save humanity from dying out, however it might be cheaper if we just cooked and ate the motherfuckers.

                            I was only joking

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                              George K
                              wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 22:23 last edited by
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                              Well, thanks for the insight.

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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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                                Mik
                                wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 22:25 last edited by
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                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 20 Jul 2021, 23:53 last edited by
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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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                                  • G George K
                                    20 Jul 2021, 22:23

                                    Well, thanks for the insight.

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                                    Jolly
                                    wrote on 21 Jul 2021, 00:34 last edited by
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                                    @george-k said in Billionaires in Space:

                                    Well, thanks for the insight.

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                                    I'd be more interested in a Lampasas lizard fuck...

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 21 Jul 2021, 00:48 last edited by
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                                      Tax the Billilonaires!

                                      Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), who is spearheading the effort, said rich space dilettantes should have to pay taxes for those flights, and noted special concern about the environmental impact of sending people into space on trips with no “scientific value.”

                                      "Space exploration isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some,” Blumenauer said.

                                      "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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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on 21 Jul 2021, 13:41 last edited by
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                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          89th
                                          wrote on 21 Jul 2021, 17:38 last edited by
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                                          Pretty accurate. Also Americans had a man in space 60 years ago, so this is cool but let's be honest........

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