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> flying rockets just because Hmmm... the Wright brothers flew airplanes "just because" and now we have relatively cheap, ubiquitous air travel. I'm happy to
by commandlinefan 5y ago
> flying rockets just because
Hmmm... the Wright brothers flew airplanes "just because" and now we have relatively cheap, ubiquitous air travel. I'm happy to see Bezos and Musk investing in space travel - I think the end-result will be a positive for human civilization.
- papito 5y agoThis was done half a century ago, and neither of these got even close to the true orbit. A Soviet dog went further - in 1957. At least Elon Musk's SpaceX has practical, monetary benefits to the taxpayer. This is not opening up the dream of space travel for the commoners - it's ultimately a joy ride for people who got rich from a broken, corrupt, and an imbalanced system. I frankly do not understand HN's glorification of this morbid excess.
- vagrantJin 5y agoYou telling me the guy who owns a company that can deliver my toaster faster is in the same league as the guys who pioneered the aeroplanes that changed the course of human history? You are trolling me hermano. Woe to the Wright Brothers. Bless them. Their work reduced to Alexa's boo thing Positive for human Civilization? Those few thousand Amazon shareholders are the beneficiaries on humanity's behalf? Bless them too. I suppose we can make a few more millionaires get into the 9 figure club. Trickle down economics right?