Littleronin Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I wish all the very best for the safety of Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I didn't know that Blue Origin was also going for the self-landing booster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TwinIon Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 This time I watched the Everyday Astronaut stream rather than the official one. Much better. Given that this was still a suborbital flight, I can’t say it was terribly exciting, but at least this time we got a rocket booster landing. Even if it didn’t go as high or carry as much as a Falcon 9, it’s still cool to see it land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chakoo Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Wow, that was really un-exciting which it shouldn't have been. You have to give Elon credit for something, he really knows how to make anything Space X does exciting even when it's just something routine. Like for something you're building up as being such a huge event how do you not have a live feed from those inside. =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I would laugh if Elon Musk just decided to hop in a Dragon Capsule and actually go into orbit for funsies at this point. Rich people making companies to get into space isn't anything new honestly. Just a different potential customer base. Pretty underwhelming. I do prefer SpaceX landings. Far more optimized thus reducing the fuel required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 The quiet part out loud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, Link200 said: I would laugh if Elon Musk just decided to hop in a Dragon Capsule and actually go into orbit for funsies at this point. Rich people making companies to get into space isn't anything new honestly. Just a different potential customer base. Pretty underwhelming. I do prefer SpaceX landings. Far more optimized thus reducing the fuel required. Don't give the writers of The Simpsons another credit for predicting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, Link200 said: I would laugh if Elon Musk just decided to hop in a Dragon Capsule and actually go into orbit for funsies at this point. I'm kinda surprised it hasn't happened at this point. SpaceX has previously announced plans to send tourists into orbit, and even send some around the moon. The moon flight is presumably waiting on Starship at this point. While watching the Everyday Astronaut stream this morning, he got a bunch of questions as to how easy it would be for SpaceX to do exactly what Blue Origin is doing, and his estimate is that it's just not nearly as profitable to do tourism as it is to do cargo and ISS missions. I think that's probably true, but it still seems like Elon himself would have taken a victory flight just for the hell of it. Maybe he'll do it once Starship can get to the moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 but did we have to let him back on earth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Space billionaires get skewered in the first promo for Jon Stewart’s Apple TV show WWW.THEVERGE.COM It’s an odd one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaxick Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 4 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: The quiet part out loud He just had to one up Richard Branson again and proclaim he's the wealthiest piece of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Jeff Bezos, Space Marxist? NEWREPUBLIC.COM The Amazon founder revived the theory of surplus value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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