Anyone following the billionaire space pissing contest?

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The Virgin Galactic live stream is now delayed till 3:30pm


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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Biggus Dickus.
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  • wibblewibble Frets: 1083
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26753
    Yeah, i'm struggling to care though. 

    Nasa says space is 50 miles so Branson counts. I'm inclined to believe that purely as a fuck you to Bezos, but also because Nasa. I miss the shuttle 
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  • HottubesHottubes Frets: 394
    Just make sure you pay your GREEN TAXES BIGOT. ;) 


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  • wibblewibble Frets: 1083
    Yeah, i'm struggling to care though. 

    Nasa says space is 50 miles so Branson counts. I'm inclined to believe that purely as a fuck you to Bezos, but also because Nasa. I miss the shuttle 

    I love all things to do with space. The ego and vanity of billionaires - not so much.
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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    I love the spirit of exploration, the races to the poles, first to the highest peaks, the fastest car or boat etc, so this should be a modern extension to that...and private companies offering trips into space is boyhood dream stuff. 

    I’ll be watching. 


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  • BodBod Frets: 1286
    The money being spent on this willy-waving exercise could help so many people.  It's utterly abhorrent.
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  • strtdvstrtdv Frets: 2356
    Bod said:
    The money being spent on this willy-waving exercise could help so many people.  It's utterly abhorrent.
    Isn't that the basis of capitalism generally?


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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6598
    edited July 2021
    I'll show my cock for £500 and give it to charity. 
    Actually, £50. 




    Maybe a fiver....
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15476
    The privitisation of space is a very interesting subject, and one that has been covered many times in sci fi. In general, and through a series of connected events, it always leads to some sort of distopian future, where governments are powerless and individuals are held in some sort of futuristic feudal bondage, living at the whim of their corporate overlords.

    So I'm all in favour of it.

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26753
    edited July 2021
    Thing is it's not like the money goes to space and never comes back - it goes to staff and other companies providing services and equipment, which is how any good economy works. The likes of Bezos spending rather than hoarding is relatively a good thing when viewed through that lens. 

    Thing is, if he got taxed properly and/or gave half his money to proper charitable endeavours, he'd still have plenty of money to "do space" - he's only invested $7.5bn. That's chicken feed. Literally 3.5% of his wealth. That's roughly equivalent to the average Brit buying a secondhand 2012 Veloster in green... 
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  • rogdrogd Frets: 1509
    merlin said:
    I'll show my cock for £500 and give it to charity. 
    Actually, £50. 




    Maybe a fiver....
    Are you sure any charity will want your cock?
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  • GrumpyrockerGrumpyrocker Frets: 4118
    I can't say I'm that I'm entirely displeased with billionaires doing massively dangerous life-threatening stuff, as long as their wage slaves don't get caught as collateral. 

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  • GrumpyrockerGrumpyrocker Frets: 4118
    Bod said:
    The money being spent on this willy-waving exercise could help so many people.  It's utterly abhorrent.
    The money is spent on earth - they don't dump it into the vacuum. It pays for jobs - in manufacturing, research etc. 

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  • GreatapeGreatape Frets: 3491
    Could.....they.......stay there? Let's hand that bucket round. 
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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    Bezos is currently rushing around shouting “make sure our on board feed works!”

    The separation and boost part were pretty awesome.
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  • ColsCols Frets: 6953
    This is the fella who was looking for a big government bailout for his airline, yeah?
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  • thumpingrugthumpingrug Frets: 2890
    By the time you have made all that effort to reach the "edge of space", may as well take the extra step and pop next door and say hello properly.  

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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    I'd hate for Branson and Bozo to be our first contact with aliens.
    They'll bring disgrace to the whole of humanity.
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15476
    Sassafras said:
    I'd hate for Branson and Bozo to be our first contact with aliens.
    They'll bring disgrace to the whole of humanity.
    you're assuming they're human, this could all be an elaborate plan for them to make contact with their mothership...

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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