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Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by codeulike »

rplnt wrote: post #73
codeulike wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People generally dont expect Musk to go to the ISS on Crew Dragon - because he's not an astronaut. But if SpaceX start doing 'space tourism' aimed at general (if somewhat rich) consumers then it would be odd for Musk not to take a ride on that - dont you think? Similarly Branson would be expected to have a go on his space tourism thing once it opens up to the public.

There is no "if". SpaceX has planned missions and contracts for many more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4

That's someone subcontracting, a bit different to Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic saying "buy a ticket here"

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by aero-glide2 »

kleton wrote: post #36

Your tax dollars at work? https://theintercept.com/2021/05/25/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-s...

That's a different program. And that $10B (actually $6B, and even that $6B will be split among 4 companies) hasn't actually been awarded. Jeff has put $9B of his own money to Blue Origin so far.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by CivBase »

nabla9 wrote: post #89
relativ575 wrote: post #53

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Can you be specific on the subsidizing? Loaded comments without backed sources are intellectually lazy.

'google: "SpaceX subsidies" SpaceX gets almost $900 million in federal subsidies to deliver broadband to rural America https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/tech/spacex-starlink-subsidie... SpaceX just won $885 million in federal subsidies to expand Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite-internet project https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-just-won-do... In addition to that SpaceX is government contractor. SpaceX and…

Are you suggesting $1.8M for expansion of Starlink to deliver broadband to rural America is not a net win? As someone in the midwest US, Starlink is the first realistic opportunity for many people I know to access broadband internet. My mother-in-law has had to teach from home all year using her cellphone as a hotspot because that's the best internet she could get no matter how much she payed.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by SergeAx »

Ticklee wrote: post #100
SergeAx wrote: post #97

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Yes, that crypto thing was a real damage for humanity.

The people who are hurt by dips whether artificial or not are invariably going to be new, small time investors. Even if you think they shouldn't gamble with their money I find it hard to argue there was no damage done.

What about gains from allegedly manipulating those cryptos up? Are those universally good for humanity?

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by throwaway316943 »

cletus wrote: post #103

This article was light on details of what this flight entails. Here is a better source [1]: > Zero-G will begin from the third minute into flight, and then at some point between and the flight’s highest point, or apogee, at four minutes, Bezos and the others onboard will officially pass into space. Gravity will return at approximately six minutes post-launch, with the parachutes deploying at nine minutes, and finally…

It’s an expensive roller coaster but it’s still promising. They’re perfecting technologies and gaining the experience they’ll need to build real orbital vehicles. They seem to be trying to do something between Virgin Galactic and SpaceX to get this company off the ground, so to speak. Probably not a bad idea since Bezos obviously doesn’t want to go all in like Musk did but also doesn’t want to bleed cash into a money pit.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by aero-glide2 »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #86
HatchedLake721 wrote: post #68

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It looks like he had some face procedures done

That’s what I thought. It doesn’t move as I would expect it to, and I usually see that with Botox or whatever other plastic surgeries there are. Also looks like he gained weight, at least in the face. PS: It is disappointing when people use services that don’t let you skip back and forth in video.

Someone reuploaded it here, if you want to skip back and forth https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueOrigin/comments/nu98n7/jeff_bez...

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by shantara »

nojito wrote: post #64
shantara wrote: post #9

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Suborbital flights. Which require about 3% of energy needed to reach an orbit, and are of very limited practical use other than serving as an extended rollercoaster ride for tourists. Blue Origin are very far away from achieving anything comparable to even SpaceX first Falcon-1 flight from 2008.

I mean the OP is talking about successful suborbital flights...

My point was that the difference between SpaceX and BO is more than simply marketing skills.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by whitepaint »

Ticklee wrote: post #96
whitepaint wrote: post #92

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What damage did they do?

Manipulated the price of certain crypto, and monopolized e-commerce.

Speculative bubble getting bigger and bigger by attracting greater and greater fools. No matter what Elon does or says, it's just a zero-sum game. What would the humanity lose if Bitcoin disappeared right now? Absolutely nothing (except people who hold it would lose their "investments").

To the second point, you should look into the definition of monopoly. Amazon is a behemoth, not a monopoly. And they have created immense value.

Re: Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July

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Post by tehbeard »

greenwich26 wrote: post #94
nabla9 wrote: post #89

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'google: "SpaceX subsidies" SpaceX gets almost $900 million in federal subsidies to deliver broadband to rural America https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/tech/spacex-starlink-subsidie... SpaceX just won $885 million in federal subsidies to expand Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite-internet project https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-just-won-do... In addition to that SpaceX is government contractor. SpaceX and…

$900 million = 5 days of federal food stamps spending $3-4 billion = 3 weeks of federal food stamps spending I know which I think is the better government expenditure

As a counterpoint, $900 million to get rural America actual broadband, where cable companies used similiar handouts to line their own pockets and do nothing...

We're in a "Give a man a fish/teach a man to fish" type hypothetical now.

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