Live: SpaceX to launch four civilians to orbit in mission known as Inspiration4
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#4They’re in orbit! Will be an exciting 3 days for them. For those wanting the back story, there’s an excellent Netflix series on this mission: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81441273?s=i&trkid=13747225...
Also Scott Manley summarizes it well on YouTube https://youtu.be/ATxOQCDeL3Y
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#5Maybe I'm jaded but I find no "inspiration" in one billionaire sending another one into space.
I know they took along "guests" but I can't imagine there's any significant science in this.
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#6Maybe I'm jaded but I find no "inspiration" in one billionaire sending another one into space. I know they took along "guests" but I can't imagine there's any significant science in this.
It's somewhat remarkable how much we've lowered the health requirements for people going to space. That's cool.
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#7Maybe I'm jaded but I find no "inspiration" in one billionaire sending another one into space. I know they took along "guests" but I can't imagine there's any significant science in this.
You are too jaded.
Isaacman could have taken 3 fishing buddies along and just made it a joyride. Instead he put all this work into promoting this mission as a fundraiser for St. Jude's.
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#8Maybe I'm jaded but I find no "inspiration" in one billionaire sending another one into space. I know they took along "guests" but I can't imagine there's any significant science in this.
It's somewhat remarkable how much we've lowered the health requirements for people going to space. That's cool.
Yeah, Hayley is the first person to go into space with a prosthesis. And it wasn’t special-designed for space of course.. she had her knee replaced as a kid while removing a bone cancer.
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#9Maybe I'm jaded but I find no "inspiration" in one billionaire sending another one into space. I know they took along "guests" but I can't imagine there's any significant science in this.
And the 100 million he donated to St Jude Childrens Hospital? Or the 220 million target for donations during the flight?
I do not understand how some people can be such a wet blanket. This is history. Civilians, further out from Earth than anyone has been in 20 years...and they were able to buy a ride. This is the beginning of commercial space flight.
It's the equivalent of driving a gold spike in the Transcontinental Railway across the USA when it was completed. Now it can be used.
Edit: Also, hello Hacker News. I have been a lurker for about 5 years and it was this comment that made me angry enough to make an account.
Re: Live: SpaceX to launch four civilians to orbit in mission known as Inspiration4
#10Maybe I'm jaded but I find no "inspiration" in one billionaire sending another one into space. I know they took along "guests" but I can't imagine there's any significant science in this.
Not much science, sure.
But I'm somewhat inspired by regular people going to orbit without any professional astronauts on board.
It feels more like the 1927 Charles Lindbergh flight than Apollo 11. A publicity stunt in one sense, but also the beginning of a new era of flight.