What’s the carbon footprint for this 3 minute joyride?
Had it been all men would there be “internal audio” leaked?
This stuff is so gross. Do better with your riches than rocket launching. Jeff & Elon..
While I am not impressed with today's little 3-minute jaunt, there is a lot of impressive stuff going on with SpaceX, Blue Origin. the ESA and, to a lesser extent, Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic is the one most focused on space tourism, that's my understanding. SpaceX (and I think Blue Origin) are making some really impressive strides with reusable rockets. DH has a good friend who is a tech guy, a super space nerd, who follows every bit of the advancements being made and he's blown away by what SpaceX has achieved so far.
Reliable, reusable rockets are incredibly important to the future of space flight and to the future of science and technology, making it easier, less expensive and more sustainable for scientists, government, and companies for everything from launching satellites to conducting scientific research to preparing for an eventual colony on the Moon or even Mars. Reusable rockets also help reduce space debris, because you really don't want to have a collision with a giant piece of metal in space if you can avoid it so the fewer large metal objects floating around up there, the better for everyone.
