A special moment for humanity as the world gets to watch billionaires play astronauts with the tax money they avoided paying https://t.co/r1KDaf2Jkw
A special moment for humanity as the world gets to watch billionaires play astronauts with the tax money they avoided paying https://t.co/r1KDaf2Jkw
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated ev
... See moreBezos’s 2021 press conference, after having just returned from his 11-minute trip to the outer atmosphere in a penis-shaped rocket made by his Blue Origin company, is telling in this regard. Dressed in a blue space uniform topped with a cowboy hat to emphasize his new status as a space pioneer, he stated to the assembled press: “I want to thank eve... See more
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SpaceX is democratizing access to space exploration by lowering the cost.
Nikhil Basu Trivedi • Democratizing Access
“Beginning with the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, the United States experienced a lapse in ability, will, and imagination that was astonishing for a nation that, two generations earlier, had made nine missions to the moon. For almost a decade after the last Shuttle mission, the nation had not been able to send humans into space. It was f... See more