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In reply to the discussion: Yeah...I Dunno....this space stuff... [View all]Politicub
(12,289 posts)And apparently the company didn't budget enough for radio communications or cameras inside of the vessel. The money was spent on Colbert and Khalid or something.
It was a big commercial. To be fair, Branson wasn't coy about it being an advertisement for his space plane service. It was a proof of concept to entice people who have hundreds of thousands of dollars to burn.
There were moments of excitement when the plane was released and when it glided back to earth. Those moments were outweighed by the announcer talking about how Undergear or UnderArmor or Undersomething designed the space suits with fabrics to regulate temperature. And how New Mexico's tourism icon (a sun) was emblazoned on the plane. I'm sure Pepsi or some other sponsor was part of it, too.
After typing this, I feel like I need a shower. This wasn't for humanity; it was for the rich to rub their prestige in everyone's faces.