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[sluissa]

Elon Musk has another BFR presser. Apparently going well. Announces the first passengers for a circumlunar flight.

It's a Japanese clothing designer, Yusaku Maezawa, along with a number of artists he wants to haul along with him. He's apparently bought out the whole BFR.

Reality is weird.

[Il Palazzo]

Elon Musk has another BFR presser. Apparently going well. Announces the first passengers for a circumlunar flight.

It's a Japanese clothing designer, Yusaku Maezawa, along with a number of artists he wants to haul along with him. He's apparently bought out the whole BFR.

Reality is weird.

They're totally going to do drugs, drink absinthe, and fuck one another while over the Moon.

[Egan_BW]

I mean, that's what YOU would do, right...?

[Il Palazzo]

Otherwise what's even the point?

[wierd]

So, you are politely suggesting that the "mile high club" is not exclusive enough for this japanese billionaire, and that he needs to join the "Literally over the moon" club instead?

[Mech#4]

If such a thing gets in vogue then funding could increase as people look to outdo each other. I suppose if people have a lot of money I prefer they spend it on things than just sit on it.

[Max™]

We live in a strange banal future.

[Gentlefish]

At least in this case the fat stacks of profit get turned back into business ventures and not just Elon's pockets. He ain't no greedy whore of a dragon..

[smjjames]

Why not pick a random poor person (though in all fairness, it'd be at the risk of it looking like a PR stunt to placate the masses given that it's Elon Musk, among other people)?

Space can't just be for only the wealthy to access.

[Gentlefish]

Not forever sure. But right now space is expensive. The more people want to go, the more options there will be, the more rockets will exist, and the cheaper each individual flight will become.

[KittyTac]

I would probably never go to space myself.

[smjjames]

Then again, the guy is an artist himself and is also bringing along various artists in different art mediums. It's like that famous quote from the movie Contact where the astronaut said 'should have sent a poet', sometimes the best way to get people interested/inspired/etc is through art.

So, it's not like Elon Musk is sending up a Fat Cat.

[sluissa]

He said it in the presentation. BFR needs funding. This guy has funding. So yes, in order to build the rocket he will let this guy buy tickets on it. It's not just a crazy. "We're sending an artist, because."

[RadtheCad]

Compare this to the history of air travel; first, it's an extravagant luxury for the rich and/or of industrial and military interest, and over time, costs fall and accessibility rises, till today where most people in the first world (I would say nearly all) could fly on a plane at least once in their lives if they really wanted to.  What does a cheapo ryanair round trip cost?  Or a ride in a prop aircraft?  Compared to a ticket for the Hindenburg, or for a flight on one of the aircraft that existed at the time.

I hope some moronic vlogger goes along, and throws a drone out the airlock.

Actually, specifically, I hope Logan Paul goes along and the first video clip in the 3rd millenium filmed by a human being beyond the moon's orbit starts off with "HEY THERE LOGANG, REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT THE MOON MERCH-"

[scourge728]

I really hope logan paul is allowed nowhere near space travel