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Aren't we all so glad that a "billionaires" challenge was won.
by cjbenedikt 5y ago
Aren't we all so glad that a "billionaires" challenge was won.
- 0-_-0 5y agoA much better way to spend that money than blackjack and hookers I say
- pstuart 5y agoThe technical term is "hookers and blow" ;-) Edit: I retract my counter -- Bender uber alles.
- neom 5y ago"Air travel has evolved from the privilege of a few into a service for many." - https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/history-of-flight-costs https://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/history-o... Sure am.
- inglor_cz 5y agoLooking at the vast majority of rich people out there, this is at least kinda inspiring. Don't underestimate the motivational pull of such shows on kids. I'd rather the best brains of the coming generation to concentrate on space and aeronautics than on pushing even more intrusive ads on the rest of us.
- shoto_io 5y agoFor that to happen, I believe the pictures must have been better. I watched the live stream and was quite underwhelmed to see how poor the footage was.
- inglor_cz 5y agoTrue, but it adds a level of mystery to the activity. When everything is expected to be perfect, unexpected imperfections draw attention.
- tzfld 5y agoI think intrusive ads / kids dreaming to become influencers and other bad things are just a temporary derailment, typical to current generations, and disappear as the internet related technologies and ecosystem become more mature and settled down. Future generations will be more inspired by space travel, like in the 50s/60s. There are already signs of this.
- inglor_cz 5y agoLet us hope so. Most derailments are temporary. Certainly the technological window of opportunity in space seems to be opening again.
- alisonkisk 5y agoI don't need kids dedicating their lives to building toys for billionaires.
- dageshi 5y agoYup, seems a pretty cool achievement.
- basisword 5y agoNice to see someone doing something exciting and inspiring with their money. Much more inspiring than people whining about billionaires on social media.
- mylons 5y agoyour cynicism is outdone by a new method of getting into space for the general public, that will have implications for travel around the world, faster, cheaper and more energy efficient. try looking up sometime, instead of down.
- alisonkisk 5y ago$250K/trip is not "general public". Try looking down sometime, at the billions of people who need better things than space travel.
- mylons 5y agoget over yourself. you think it’s going to be $250k in 10 years and the billions of people on the planet will not see benefit from the tech advances that come from that?
- machinehermiter 5y agoThe Concorde was inflation adjusted $12,900 round trip and failed miserably. It feels like every 10 years we bail out airlines when we hit a bad recession. I would really question how much of a business model there will be for this at this price point once you don't make a headline by just taking a flight on it.
- fighterpilot 5y ago> $250K/trip is not "general public". Almost every major hard-tech innovation was once prohibitively expensive. Look at solar panels, cars, phones, computers, etc. The cost comes (way) down later on with economies of scale and perfection of the production process.
- mylons 5y agoexactly. alison’s view is completely ignorant of history.
- neither_color 5y ago