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In reply to the discussion: Yeah...I Dunno....this space stuff... [View all]ananda
(30,847 posts)42. It's like a new toy plaything for the billionaire class.
Also, it gets attention and I guess the ultrarich can
use it to make people think they are not just
tax-dodging hoarders...which they are.
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Maybe they do have a very genuine interest in space and not a self aggrandizing agenda?
Escurumbele
Jul 2021
#43
Would Admire Branson More If He Invented Carbon Capture / Sequestration Breakthroughs
DanieRains
Jul 2021
#61
I totally agree with you. It's just not as exciting as watching Neil Armstrong descending the
Vinca
Jul 2021
#6
Flying to London for a vacation is not as exciting as watching Lindbergh do it.
lagomorph777
Jul 2021
#98
All I know is that TFG's gibbering on Faux this morning was all about how he wasn't...
Hugin
Jul 2021
#7
I do agree with the Doc, these achievements are built on the shoulders of giants.
Hugin
Jul 2021
#21
Using a big airplane to haul a smaller airplane up to where it can be released
Mr.Bill
Jul 2021
#101
Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Rail and Virgin Recordss were also "playthings"?
brooklynite
Jul 2021
#44
In 1930, a cross-country airplane ticket cost the equivalent of $4,000 today...
brooklynite
Jul 2021
#87
I am a scientist and ate up the NASA stuff of my youth, the Pluto mission, etc.
NewHendoLib
Jul 2021
#14
But they are selfless noble people risking their lives to expand our knowledge
dalton99a
Jul 2021
#16
I loved it. And that is what I was thinking of. I am not focusing on the billionaires.
tulipsandroses
Jul 2021
#33
So are we saying that only the government should be involved in space exploration?
tulipsandroses
Jul 2021
#83
I don't know about "we." I do realize there are innovators in both private and public sectors.
ancianita
Jul 2021
#86
Sow's ear comes to mind. Bramson has turned his addiction to thrills into a silk purse. Watching
Raven
Jul 2021
#23
THIS! As a science and aviation enthusiast I am finding the billionaire space race boring....
Laffy Kat
Jul 2021
#31
I watched it. It was interesting. The commercialization of space was inevitable. Unrealistic to
dameatball
Jul 2021
#39
or: whopping re-entry fee like the GWB in NYC, maybe a cover & 2 drink minimum?...
bringthePaine
Jul 2021
#67
I did not watch nor listen to any of it today altough I had the chance to do so. The pre-coverage
riversedge
Jul 2021
#91