The billionaires yearn for the tubes
This is so much better than socializing healthcare
There’s gonna be a floating graveyard of billionaires whizzing around the Earth and taking out satellites soon enough.
Bonus points whenever they hit a Starlink.
Wow, it almost costs twice as much for the chance to explode instead of implode!
Those who didn’t get to visit Titanic now can try to visit space.
And how many atmospheres of pressure can the planet express ship withstand?
Well, it’s a space ship, so anywhere between zero and one.
Well it’s a space ship so, somewhere between 1 and 0.
Now I wouldn’t spend that much money on a short trip to the edge of space even if I had it. If I’m going to blow that much money at once, I’ll blow it on charity.
It’s the whole “edge of space” thing that really pisses me off. When the billionaires started talking about creating their own space program, I was expecting corporate settlements on the moon or Mars–dystopian, to be sure, but at least humanity would be making progress to the stars. But no, let’s be content with charging people to get to the edge of space so they can go home and tell themselves they’re astronauts.
Gross. Can’t they go back to building libraries for schools?
I had a look at my bank account, and it turns out I actually can’t.
