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It is weird. We just heard a private person is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help fund a flyby of the moon. Strange undeed.

• frgewut 8y ago
  I suspect publicity created by this will easy recoup all expenses.
  • lawlessone 8y ago
    How?
• isostatic 8y ago
  When you have billions it's irrelevant, no more than the average joe dropping $10k on a holiday
  • joering2 8y ago
    Slight correction: when you have billions, but found your projects in big part by government subsidies. If you pay taxes in USA, you partially own tiny bit of every single conpany other than x/paypal that Musk ever -funded-
    • detritus 8y ago
      Slight correction: This is Maezawa's money that is been discussed here.
      • isostatic 8y ago
        Indeed, this is someone who's happy to spend $100m on a picture.
• dba7dba 8y ago
  It is strange because this is a big announcement, that is concrete with real money and people (more soon to be announced). By Elon Musk. But there doesn't seem to be much love for him by the press. Is it because Elon offended the press few weeks ago? I don't understand why press thinks it is above some criticism?