Anyone else watching?
Super interesting. I want to shoot my remains into space someday. Float among the stars for eternity, watch over the shiny blue ball.
Woo, let’s go!
Anyone else watching?
Super interesting. I want to shoot my remains into space someday. Float among the stars for eternity, watch over the shiny blue ball.
Woo, let’s go!
I’ve thought that too, a space coffin shot out into the galaxy like in Star Trek.
Maybe if you save your money for the rest of your life you will be able to afford it.
yeah, I am watching it right now
If this had any benefit to humanity I would be in favor of it. You never know. We discovered the silicon microchip during the race to the moon, but I still have my doubts about this.
If it means getting billionaires off the planet, it’s all good.
I think space travel to nearby planets in our solar system will become commercially available by the end of the century.
I think it might go
So do I,it has bad news written all over it, fcking idiot. He’s an old man
According to the news I am watching they hit 80km altitude, which is the barrier of space, so they made it, now they are on their way back. Space tourism is now a reality (If you can afford it).
Edit: Just heard it will cost $250,000 to travel to space.
Edit 2: They have landed, it was a total success.
So far so good. He’s the space knight!
For the average folk, I would say that $250,000 is not worth 10 minutes in zero-gravity in an unpressurized cabin. However, a billionaire who pays $50 million USD for a ride to the ISS where there is pressurized cabins with oxygen and space food not to mention the 9-day stay should be well worth it.
I don’t know. There would be a lot of work needed to accomodate a man with no training and no background in a multibillion dollar space station. I think $150 million would be more like it.
For the half a dozen space tourist that have gone to the ISS, they have paid between $25 - $50 million USD for a ride there.
Maybe there is some benefit to the general good from this after all. We could be discovering a cheaper way to launch men and material into orbit.
Hoping it explodes or burns up on re-entry.
Branson is that annoying.
I used to shop for presents at one of his Virgin stores in Paris. I don’t know much about the guy except that he concocted an UFO prank in London some 30 years ago:
Well a lot of astronauts and scientists are always saying how small and precious our Earth is when seen from space, maybe when a large portion of the general public is able to get into space and see it for themselves they’ll realize the same thing and we’ll take better care of the planet.
I think it also signals the end of the flat earth theory. Once millions and millions of people have been into space broadcasting a round earth from their smartphones the theory will take a major hit, of course new conspiracy theories will probably take its place, lol.
Couldn’t of said it better!
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