Adds more to the rich contribution to climate change
This is so much better than socializing healthcare
How would Virgin Galactic socialize healthcare?
Rich people shouldn’t have the money to do this before we have universal healthcare.
There are thousands of other things they shouldn’t have the money to pay for before someone should arrive saying that innovating space exploration technology shouldn’t exist.
Wrong.
Gross. Can’t they go back to building libraries for schools?
Those who didn’t get to visit Titanic now can try to visit space.
Wow, it almost costs twice as much for the chance to explode instead of implode!
I had a look at my bank account, and it turns out I actually can’t.
Now I wouldn’t spend that much money on a short trip to the edge of space even if I had it. If I’m going to blow that much money at once, I’ll blow it on charity.
It’s the whole “edge of space” thing that really pisses me off. When the billionaires started talking about creating their own space program, I was expecting corporate settlements on the moon or Mars–dystopian, to be sure, but at least humanity would be making progress to the stars. But no, let’s be content with charging people to get to the edge of space so they can go home and tell themselves they’re astronauts.
The billionaires yearn for the tubes
And how many atmospheres of pressure can the planet express ship withstand?
Well, it’s a space ship, so anywhere between zero and one.
Well it’s a space ship so, somewhere between 1 and 0.
There’s gonna be a floating graveyard of billionaires whizzing around the Earth and taking out satellites soon enough.
Bonus points whenever they hit a Starlink.
