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Jeff Bezos's space ambitions and the New Shepard spacecraft - news and discussion

I don't buy the "scheduling conflict" excuse, the original winner probably backed out when they saw how much bad publicity Bezos and Branson were getting - by choosing an 82-year-old space pioneer and an 18-year-old student, Bezos seems to be trying to make people feel bad about hoping Blue Origin blows up.
 
I don't buy the "scheduling conflict" excuse, the original winner probably backed out when they saw how much bad publicity Bezos and Branson were getting - by choosing an 82-year-old space pioneer and an 18-year-old student, Bezos seems to be trying to make people feel bad about hoping Blue Origin blows up.
What bad publicity? Do you truly imagine for a nanosecond that Evil Overlord gives the tiniest of shits what the Great Unwashed thinks about his space adventures. No matter how many people are watching praying for it to end in an almighty fireball in the Texas desert, their prayers will have zero impact on the outcome.
 
What bad publicity? Do you truly imagine for a nanosecond that Evil Overlord gives the tiniest of shits what the Great Unwashed thinks about his space adventures.

Bezos clearly doesn't give a shit but a lot of the filthy rich hedge fund types who could afford a $28 million ticket to space like to keep a low profile, wouldn't surprise me if the Bezos backlash gave them cold feet and they decided to wait for a later flight.
 
Bezos clearly doesn't give a shit but a lot of the filthy rich hedge fund types who could afford a $28 million ticket to space like to keep a low profile, wouldn't surprise me if the Bezos backlash gave them cold feet and they decided to wait for a later flight.
What backlash? Have there been protests or marches about it? Questions in the Senate? Other than this petition (which is probably somewhat tongue in cheek) I'm not aware of any. Bezos is a a cunt of truly stupendous proportions, but even if he was a virtual saint, a very wealthy individual flaunting his wealth was bound to attract some criticism and a few hundred thousand disgruntled people signing a meaningless petition is hardly a backlash.
 
There's been a fair bit of commentary in the mainstream media critical of the "billionaire space race" and late-night comics etc. taking the piss, it's been enough to put Musk etc. on the defensive and could be enough to make a publicity-shy billionaire think twice, especially if they were so full of themselves they thought they'd be treated like a brave space pioneer.

Seems like a more likely explanation that somebody canceling their trip to space because they'd forgotten the Derpmanns were having their barbecue that weekend, anyway.
 
There's been a fair bit of commentary in the mainstream media critical of the "billionaire space race" and late-night comics etc. taking the piss, it's been enough to put Musk etc. on the defensive and could be enough to make a publicity-shy billionaire think twice, especially if they were so full of themselves they thought they'd be treated like a brave space pioneer.

Seems like a more likely explanation that somebody canceling their trip to space because they'd forgotten the Derpmanns were having their barbecue that weekend, anyway.
You don't get to the point in life where you can blow $28m on a fairground ride if you are concerned about what the little people think especially when you know full well they can't actually do anything about it.
I don't buy the scheduling conflict either but I can't seriously believe it's because whoever it was is feeling embarrassed about flashing their wad.
 
Plenty of the super-rich try to stay out of the papers. Publicity attracts criminals and hangers-on. I find it very plausible that this person just wants to delay their trip until the second or third launch, when there will be hardly any press interest.
 
It'll be streamed here tomorrow morning

Watch the launch beginning at 6:30 am CDT / 11:30 UTC. Liftoff targeted for 8:00 am CDT / 13:00 UTC.

 
I hope Bezos gets bludgeoned to death by his irritated crew after repeatedly prefixing every noun with the the word ‘space’.
Bezos: can you please pass me the space biscuit on a space saucer?
Crew: AAAAAAAAARRRGHHHH!
 
okay i'm not sure i'm gonna last until launch :D
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess you'll be watching it hoping for a fireball. If there isn't you'll be disappointed. If theres is it won't matter if you miss it since you will be able to watch it over and over again.
 
Is it a proper spaceship this time or a Fisher Price toy like Branson's effort?
It'll go a little bit higher than the Virgin spaceplane, and it's a "proper" rocket, but it's still nowhere near proper spaceflight.
 
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