In addition to all the other popculture references in this thread, there is a book about a billionaire doing this, it came out last year: https://en.wikipedia.

In addition to all the other popculture references in this thread, there is a book about a billionaire doing this, it came out last year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_Shock_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termination_Shock_(novel) Written by Stephenson (Blue Origin, Cryptonomicon, …)