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Tying it to a donation of USD 100mm to charity is a very good PR move. It's much harder to be upset about private space being a billionaire's club when society

Tying it to a donation of USD 100mm to charity is a very good PR move. It's much harder to be upset about private space being a billionaire's club when society stands to gain from the ride.

m3kw9 5y ago
We should coin this move “Shutting them the F up money”
charles_f 5y ago
I'm not sure about that. > a three-day journey around the Earth that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I might be too cynical but I actually get turned down by the tentative of diversion. When I read that, I struggled to see how the St Jude hospital is in fact benefiting from that flight. They benefit from the donation that is artificially coupled to. I read this as - that person is trying to divert the impact on his image away from burning Ms of $ in fossile fuel. The one redeeming factor I see from that claim are these 12M raised from sweepstake, but even then I don't think it covers the costs of launch.
- Teever 5y ago
  > When I read that, I struggled to see how the St Jude hospital is in fact benefiting from that flight. They benefit from the donation that is artificially coupled to. St Jude Hospital is benefiting from the flight because they are receiving a $100 million donation that they otherwise would not have received if the flight was not scheduled to take place. Does this make sense to you?
sebazzz 5y ago
Well, Blue Origin donated to Blue Origins' Club for the Future [1]. This was probably for the first flight only though. I haven't found a public financial or integrated report about it though, so I can't vouch how these funds are spent and if this is a charity as in what most of us consider a charity. [1]: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/club-for-the-future-selects-19-charities https://www.blueorigin.com/news/club-for-the-future-selects-...

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Tying it to a donation of USD 100mm to charity is a very good PR move. It's much harder to be upset about private space being a billionaire's club when society

by perlgeek 5y ago

Tying it to a donation of USD 100mm to charity is a very good PR move. It's much harder to be upset about private space being a billionaire's club when society stands to gain from the ride.

m3kw9 5y ago
We should coin this move “Shutting them the F up money”
charles_f 5y ago
I'm not sure about that. > a three-day journey around the Earth that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I might be too cynical but I actually get turned down by the tentative of diversion. When I read that, I struggled to see how the St Jude hospital is in fact benefiting from that flight. They benefit from the donation that is artificially coupled to. I read this as - that person is trying to divert the impact on his image away from burning Ms of $ in fossile fuel. The one redeeming factor I see from that claim are these 12M raised from sweepstake, but even then I don't think it covers the costs of launch.
- Teever 5y ago
  > When I read that, I struggled to see how the St Jude hospital is in fact benefiting from that flight. They benefit from the donation that is artificially coupled to. St Jude Hospital is benefiting from the flight because they are receiving a $100 million donation that they otherwise would not have received if the flight was not scheduled to take place. Does this make sense to you?
sebazzz 5y ago
Well, Blue Origin donated to Blue Origins' Club for the Future [1]. This was probably for the first flight only though. I haven't found a public financial or integrated report about it though, so I can't vouch how these funds are spent and if this is a charity as in what most of us consider a charity. [1]: https://www.blueorigin.com/news/club-for-the-future-selects-19-charities https://www.blueorigin.com/news/club-for-the-future-selects-...