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In reply to the discussion: Yeah...I Dunno....this space stuff... [View all]smirkymonkey
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There is so much good that these billionaires could be doing with their money here on earth, but they aren't even trying. They just insist on pissing it all away on vanity projects and it's sickening.
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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