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Jeff Bezos Is Not My Astronaut
- xiphias2 5y ago,,It’s unlikely these projects will attract any venture capital money or support a SPAC'' They already do actually. Space industry investments are booming. The author should check his facts.
- JetSpiegel 5y agoAcoording to the OP, the Blue Origin bailout is half of the entire NASA budget. The Blue Origin investment leads to a shittier Vomit Comet, while NASA has rovers on Mars.
- ajuc 5y agoIf I have a choice I prefer that rich spend millions on space than on mansions and vanity cars.
- janpot 5y agoIf I had a choice, I prefer that these millions were spent in a way that's governed by the same democratic principles that ultimately enabled generating them.
- iso1210 5y agoDoes that same apply the the money you have?
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- jjj123 5y agoNo, because it doesn’t apply to bezos’ first ~$50 million either. I’m good with him keeping that if we can redistribute the rest.
- missedthecue 5y agoWorld governments spent $35 trillion last year and will spend a similar figure this year and the next and so on. I don't think a whole lot of good would come from them spending $35.1 trillion instead for one year. I do however believe that all of the Bezos backed ventures could produce a lot of good for mankind over the next 40 years or however long he lives.
- GoodJokes 5y agoWell, he is in a pretty big hole when it comes to negative effects on humanity so I hope he starts this “good for mankind” soon.
- kilodeca 5y agowhat software does he use to operate his website?
- xabotage 5y agoOn the bright side, ultra-billionaires like Bezos will never be space pioneers. The reason is simple: they value themselves too much to risk literally going where no man has gone before. They'll wait for "more expendable" (wo)men to go there first and prepare the way.
- twelve40 5y agoBezos made it very easy to shit on him for some of his behavior and his post-flight remarks, yes. But I did enjoy the historical perspective in this post. And still, I'm confused as to what this author arguing for, exactly. That space exploration should be nationalized, or else it's not morally good enough? That Bezos should make better, more noble use of his money? Or, that private space endeavors, however extravagant, somehow take away from what NASA is doing and the two cannot coexist well? I'm confused, what is the actual message here?
- GoodJokes 5y agoThe media shouldn’t cover celebrity vanity projects. Celebrities and billionaires should be given zero influence in the media.