More Random Rich People Are Going To Space

Blue Origin on Thursday announced the crew for its next mission. "The crew most notably includes popstar Katy Perry and broadcast journalist Gayle King. They will be joined by two scientists -- Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen -- as well as Jeff Bezos' fiancee, TV personality Lauren Sanchez and film producer Kerianne Flynn," reports TechCrunch. From the report: Blue Origin says this marks the first all-female space crew since Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova's 1963 solo mission, which made her the first woman ever to go to space. For the company's New Shepard rocket, this is its 31st trip to space, and its 11th with a crew. This journey is expected to last around 10 to 12 minutes; and if you're willing to drop a $150,000 deposit, you too can reserve a future spot on a short space jaunt.

Rich people's new toys

[war4peace]

Let's not clutch our peals just yet.
Rich people always had expensive toys and/or expensive activities. This is no different, just new.

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[war4peace]

*pearls.

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[stealth_finger]

Let's not clutch our peals just yet. Rich people always had expensive toys and/or expensive activities. This is no different, just new.

And you never know, it might explode.

Re: Rich people's new toys

[EldoranDark]

I'm ok with rich people having expensive toys, but this one is extremely bad for the environment. Can't we just send them to check on Titanic instead? Explosive results are roughly equivalent.

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[war4peace]

It's arguably no worse for the environment than 1 million people ordering each a $5 plushie from China.
It's trendy to yell at the rich for polluting and whatnot, but, well, they do it because they can, just like dogs licking their own balls.

Re: Rich people's new toys

[Austerity Empowers]

The problem is that they keep coming back.

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[phantomfive]

At $150k it's not even that expensive. Most Americans could afford that, although it would be a real sacrifice (for twelve minutes not really in space).

Got to be a cheaper way to get rid of them

[BrendaEM]

I wish Musk was driving that Telsa roadster out in space....

Re:Got to be a cheaper way to get rid of them

[OrangeTide]

I hope he starts a submarine company for billionaires.

Headline is on point

[locater16]

More headlines should just be honest, sarcastic cynicism.

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[geekmux]

More headlines should just be honest, sarcastic cynicism.

If sarcasm is a useful weapon against narcissistic arrogance, I’d be a fucking trillionaire.

Absolutely

[pjt33]

I spent four hours in Houston airport once. What do you mean, there's more than that to see in the USA?

BO, a Titan of the tour industry

[harvey the nerd]

With Blue Origin tours I keep thinking about the Titan submersible tours for rich people.,,

Reminds me of...

[divide overflow]

OceanGate Titan

Can we just ...

[nosfucious]

Can we just ... leave them there?

I mean, its not like we will be any worse off without these parasites on earth?

Let them stay

[marcxm]

Good. Let them stay there.

More billionares in space please

[oshy]

I wouldn't wish ill on Katy. She's suffered enough by being with Brand. Can we name another space target (like highest altitude by a billionare, first to orbit the moon, etc). The more the top ones fly, the more likely the big names go full titan sub.

until....

[gtall]

This will all stop after the first disaster.

Discount

[hcs_$reboot]

They should offer a discount to flat earthers.

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[ralic]

How about starting a fund to send a flat earther representative? Once landed with a photo of a curved horizon of the planet from which they departed, we can put that shyte to rest forevermore. Future generations may well thank us for our efforts.

Re:Discount

[Sique]

Flat Earthers are a counter movement. If it's not Flat Earth, they find another cause célèbre. It's like Ancient Aliens, or anti-vaxx or whatever there is: going against "common wisdom" just for the sake of it. People can do those things, because the technicalities are so far removed from their daily life that they don't believe it will affect them if they are wrong. I can be a flat-earther, because my miscalculations will be wrong hundreds of miles away from me. I can speculate about Ancient Aliens, because it does not affect my abillities to buy groceries by being wrong about the pyramids. And modern medicine will save me in most cases, if I am wrong about vaccines.

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[stealth_finger]

How about starting a fund to send a flat earther representative? Once landed with a photo of a curved horizon of the planet from which they departed, we can put that shyte to rest forevermore. Future generations may well thank us for our efforts.

They sent one to see the 24 hour sun in the Antarctic which isn't possible with their "model" and the rest still just called it bullshit anyway.

Alternative title

[JamesTRexx]

Random Rich People Support More Pollution

No, buying loads of electric vehicles isn't going to mitigate the huge amouunt of unnecessary pollution caused by your ten minute view of Earth.

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[Sique]

In general, rich people pollute more than poor ones. This comes with higher consumption. A 10 bedroom mansion takes up more space, costs more in heating and building materials than a flat somewhere. Having a yacht requires a trailer, a marina, lots of travel to get sailing etc.pp..

But rich person A might have different ideas how to pursuit happiness than rich person B. Rich person A flying to Space does not invalidate rich person B's decision to drive an EV. And if rich person A wants to fly to Space anyw

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[outsider007]

I wouldn't mind seeing them driving there in a Titan submersible if we're putting random options on the table.

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[technology_dude]

OR

Rich women user X number of Libraries of Congress and Football fields worth of pollution to get a short joy ride on a rocket.

Actually it would be cool to calculate how many cars worth of greenhouse gases the trip produces.

Running out

[stealth_finger]

They are running out of firsts but the first celebrity to die in space slot is still open I think.

Can...

[Barny]

Can they just stay there? Look, I'm not saying you need to blow their ship up or anything, but how about we just don't program it to come back?

Call it the B-Ark if you need to.