🚀 Billionaires in the air (space flights thread) 🚀

[RoryN]

First up: Richard Branson
Sunday July 11, 6AM PST
Rocketline: Virgin Galactic

Updates posted here...

 

[Sean]

One can only hope the boosters don't switch off and the beardy fucker gets fired off into the Oort cloud.

 

[spacekowboy]

For the life of me I have no idea how Branson has the money he's got. Virgin products of any sort have always been shit. How does one get rich solely by building failed endeavors?

 

[spacekowboy]

I mean I know that you can look to the Trumps for an example of building wealth on nothing, but let's face it. Trump doesn't have Branson money. Never has, never will.

 

[DeluxAuto]

Billionaires go to space while the Earth burns.

 

[silver gurl]

For the life of me I have no idea how Branson has the money he's got. Virgin products of any sort have always been shit. How does one get rich solely by building failed endeavors?

Virgin is quite the big thing here. Virgin radio. My cell plan is Virgin. Different then stateside.

Which billionaire will have the biggest rocket? Billionaire games.

 

[RoryN]

Update: Stephen Colbert will host the Sunday livestream of Branson's flight.

 

[Sean]

For the life of me I have no idea how Branson has the money he's got. Virgin products of any sort have always been shit. How does one get rich solely by building failed endeavors?

I get my internet and TV through Virgin Media. I have to admit, it's excellent and a very good price.


Branson is still a cunt, though.

 

[Adre]

He was pretty good at selling vinyl.

 

[spacekowboy]

Virgin is quite the big thing here. Virgin radio. My cell plan is Virgin. Different then stateside.

Which billionaire will have the biggest rocket? Billionaire games.

I get my internet and TV through Virgin Media. I have to admit, it's excellent and a very good price.


Branson is still a cunt, though.

That all makes a lot more sense now. I just remember the record company and the shit phones and the extremely overpriced and under utilized airline.

 

[RoryN]

I was wondering whether these companies would compliment one another on their achievements, or have a petty pissing contest.

It's the latter, unfortunately - and it's embarrassing.

 

[RoryN]

Perfect flight!

 

[RoryN]

So, Branson goes into space; Musk joins up with him before the flight to hang out. Cool.

Meanwhile, Bezos's company trolls Virgin Galactic. PR grade for him: F.

 

[thør]

If Bezos has the same work ethic for the people making his spaceship as he does for those packaging wares for shipping, he won't make it back.

 

[Sean]

If Bezos has the same work ethic for the people making his spaceship as he does for those packaging wares for shipping, he won't make it back.

Someone will chuck him over a hedge into a back garden.

 

[rockcasbah]

Rory hoping people will die threads… better than Rory someone just died threads?

Toss up.

 

[jarigi]

Virgin is quite the big thing here. Virgin radio. My cell plan is Virgin. Different then stateside.

Which billionaire will have the biggest rocket? Billionaire games.

You could say virgins have never been unpopular.

 

[jarigi]

If Bezos has the same work ethic for the people making his spaceship as he does for those packaging wares for shipping, he won't make it back.

But wait...that's a good thing, yeah?

 

[EnglishStud]

Everything he gets involved with turns to gold; read his autobiography 'Losing My Virginity'. As soon as he wants out he sells at a vast profit. 'Virgin Cola' was not a success, but he lost nothing

 

[RoryN]

If Bezos has the same work ethic for the people making his spaceship as he does for those packaging wares for shipping, he won't make it back.

*chuckle*

 

[schism666]

https://i.imgur.com/m8IRWDb.jpg?1

 

[Cubantripod]

Billionaires go to space while the Earth burns.

Once again the private sector shows you how to do things right.

"To develop and launch Crew Dragon, SpaceX received a $2.6 billion contract from NASA through the agency's Commercial Crew Program. In comparison, the Constellation program run directly by NASA—which had a similar goal of developing a launch system for putting astronauts in low-earth orbit—was estimated to cost closer to $34.5 billion.
SpaceX was 'effectively doing what the Constellation Program was doing with about the same amount of money, total, that they were burning in a single month,' NASA engineer Mike Horkachuck told ArsTechnica's Eric Berger."


https://reason.com/2021/07/12/billi...ce-has-progressives-howling-for-a-wealth-tax/

 

[Cubantripod]

I was wondering whether these companies would compliment one another on their achievements, or have a petty pissing contest.

It's the latter, unfortunately - and it's embarrassing.

That's called competition in a capitalist society, which benefits you and me as the consumer.

 

[RoryN]

Blue Origin: 100% successful.

Wally Funk: "It's dark up here!"

 

[thør]

Space, the final frontier.