Launching around 2pm UK time today. They are on their way to the rocket in a Rivian.
Anyone else watching?
Finding it really difficult to give a single shit about it. Seems a lot like going up in a great big lift. Sure it’ll be exciting to be on
yeah, i'm watching. Hardware looks a bit less 'pro' than the spacex stuff! Feeling a bit bad for the 80 year old going up all those stairs
To boldly go where Al Shepard went 60 years ago.
Still... we spend our disposable income on push bikes, Jeff has got a bit more so he can spend it on space ships.
80 year old going up all those stairs
Yeah, Wally did well! No trips or stumbles. I was expecting a lift though.
Shame there isn't any heart rate details on screen.
I can't really see the motivation to watch a pissing competition between two perma-tanned megalomaniacal bell-ends with more money than sense.
At times like this I do wish that I lived in a world where Bond villains were real. Proper ones, with a death ray at their disposal to put to some good use.
Oh... hang on a minute... those two are the actual bond villains, aren't they? It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they were actually locked in a battle to develop the first death ray
Mission Control looks like the offices of Wernham Hogg - I want to see a massive room full of techy folk!
Seems a lot like going up in a great big
lift.knob
FTFY. I know rockets are pretty phallic anyway, but he might as well paint the crew module purple.
I can’t really see the motivation to watch a pissing competition between two perma-tanned megalomaniacal bell-ends with more money than sense.
I'm watching it as if i was able to watch the beginnings of a new transport system that eventually might have benefits for not just the rich but for those who want to go on holiday but don't fancy a 12hr flight to get to the other side of the planet 😉.
looks like my blockquote is the wrong way round 😪
the-muffin-man
Full MemberMission Control looks like the offices of Wernham Hogg – I want to see a massive room full of techy folk!
Haha I was trying to work out what it reminded me of, that's bang on
Like retrorick, I don't give a stuff who's in it, or who's paying for it.
I'm watching it because space tech is cool, and it's easy now with the internet.
I’m watching it because space tech is cool, and it’s easy now with the internet.
I've got a 2 year old whose favourite phrase at the moment is "need space rocket" so just been watching Apollo and shuttle launches (with some Arianne thrown in too), finishing with the Falcon Heavy test flight. This just feels very 'meh' in comparison (imo)
Finding it really difficult to give a single shit about it
This sums up my feelings entirely, and all that preening bollocks about transportation systems or new frontiers either. Just pay your taxes and **** off
Decent windows! Could use some stickers. That was a first - ‘you wanna go? Sign up here’
Bezos is a **** tho.
[clicks on live feed]
Hardware looks a bit less ‘pro’ than the spacex stuff
Looks all a bit 'Button Moon' to me.
The companies might avoid paying taxes? but the millions of people who work for those companies pay it on their behalf 🤔😂😉
Shame there isn't any on board cameras.
retrorick
Full MemberShame there isn’t any on board cameras.
There is/was one, was on screen for about 10 seconds
Just a side show to the real deal.
Stretching the definition of "crew" here
Landing rocket boosters vertically is still as cool as ****! 🙂
I wonder what the smell is like in the pod?
I wonder what the smell is like in the pod?
Money.
And probably a little bit of wee.
the-muffin-man
Full MemberLanding rocket boosters vertically is still as cool as ****! 🙂
Yeah that was impressive. I was wondering if the little booster on the crew capsule was actually going to fire, it got so close to the ground.
...smells like a care-home! 🙂
It's all a bit 60's Sci-Fi, which I guess is complimentary to the visionaries of the time. Or is this just life reflecting art?
If they are not getting into orbit, couldn't' you achieve the same thing with a weather balloon type arrangement? It's the speed, not the height, that's the difficult thing right?
Good job they don't need to get out quickly......
the beginnings of a new transport system
What, rockets? Unless you're living in a 1950s sci-fi film, rockets are not the transport system of the future.
Oh… hang on a minute… those two are the actual bond villains, aren’t they?
If you're main definition criteria for a Bond villain is desire for global domination, and why wouldn't it be, then yep.
Just pay your taxes and **** off
Indeed.
24 miles for a weather balloon according to Google, so quite a bit short of the mark
the beginnings of a new transport system
What, rockets? Unless you’re living in a 1950s sci-fi film, rockets are not the transport system of the future.
Commercial transport rather than that of Government agencies which haven't made strides in that direction.
I suppose Governments do launch commercial satellites but not people for holidays 😂
exactly, “man spends disposable income on hobby” - not exactly shocking or unusual. Pure jealousy from the naysayers. 🤣Still… we spend our disposable income on push bikes, Jeff has got a bit more so he can spend it on space ships.
Personally I am looking forward to the launch of the James Webb later this year - my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are both pretty senior team members on the project 🙂
Much more interesting than watching Lex Luthor Jeff Bozos go for a quick play (and will benefit science massively, being able to see to all the way to the Big Bang)!
Rich men, dodge taxes, leaving millions in poverty and hardship, and spend the money they stole, on cock substitutes.
Nope, not getting it.
If it's not multiple orbits around the earth, drifting around in zero gravity and eating 'space ice cream' it's not really a space flight.
Laika the stray dog got a more interesting ride than the world's richest man and that was 64 years ago. Ok, Bezos might not have been after quite the same ending as poor old Laika but even so.
And this is not the beginning of a new transport system.....as millions of us ably demonstrated in the last 15 months, the answer to hours spent travelling the globe for business meetings is not to bloody travel in the first place and use this new fangled internet shenanigans.
10 mins from start to finish in a penis shaped rocket...if only I could figure out if there's a joke in there somewhere...
What's the carbon footprint for this ego trip, I wonder?
What’s the carbon footprint for this ego trip, I wonder?
Probably about 3% of all the wasted cardboard his little online shop generates each day.
exactly, “man spends disposable income on hobby” – not exactly shocking or unusual. Pure jealousy from the naysayers. 🤣
I assume most of us spend our disposable income on our hobbies after we've paid our taxes though.
It's a little like watching an Austin Powers movie. Worlds best Dr Evil cosplay goes to space in massive penis.
He could be Batman, Iron Man or International Rescue but he wants to be Dr Evil. Seems like an awful wasted opportunity.
Just watched a bit of the video - wt actual f is that thing.
Jeff to designer - 'we need something cutting edge and cool. Beardy Branson has a nifty looking launch plane thing, Musk's ships look like they've actually been designed this century so what can you do?'
Designer - 'just pass me that Ann Summers catalogue - the one from the late 70's - bound to be some inspiration in there...'
Still… we spend our disposable income on push bikes, Jeff has got a bit more so he can spend it on space ships.
exactly, “man spends disposable income on hobby” – not exactly shocking or unusual.
Shall we all stop paying tax then, so we can spend more money on shiney blingy bits for our push bikes?
Let's see what happens if we all start doing what Jeff does. Well... actually, let's not. We all know exactly what will happen
It reminded me of this.......
that sounds a bit hysterical, so I googled it, and yes obviously he [I]does[/I] pay tax... on average quite a bit more than you or me I'd imagine! Should he pay more tax? Maybe. He pays what he legally owes though. Do you voluntarily contribute more to HMRC than you have to? If the government(s) actually wanted these people and/or companies to pay more tax, they'd change the system.Shall we all stop paying tax then, so we can spend more money on shiney blingy bits for our push bikes?
As above, none of us will volunteer to pay more tax. Governments need to sort out the global tax system if they want to tax global businesses.
Most of us would spend some of our money on toys if we were billionaires. At least this is helping turn space travel into something private businesses can do instead of governments who only did it as a race against another government.
I also wonder how the first bicycle was viewed by the local poor peasants. I can imagine some heavy wooden contraption propelled by foot like a grownups balance bike, operated by the rich landowner. It would not have gone very far on the dirt track and everyone would have thought what a daft pointless expensive waste of materials.
