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[Irobot82]

Why?

This is suborbital flight, the same that Branson did. We already did this 50 years ago.

Is still does not see how this is in any way remarkable. What Musk is doing with Starship is way more interesting and really the future.

We now have 3 companies putting people into orbit.

One is working on a completely reusable rocket.
One just put a fully civilian crew into orbit.
One uhhh... makes a plane that goes into orbit?

It's amazing shit man. This is how it all starts. Slow at first and then breakneck speed. It will get better, cheaper, faster and next thing you know, we got peeps living on the moon and mars.

 

[Lupingosei]

One just put a fully civilian crew into orbit.
One uhhh... makes a plane that goes into orbit?

No, both did not make into orbit. That is kind of the point.

 

[InverseAgonist]

The beginning of an era where rich people can do extraordinary things because they are insanely rich. First space thrill rides, next immortality!

Edit: Sorry, too political tinged. New days around here....

 

[Great Hair]

 

[triplestation]

bro this is absolutely fucking

INCREDIBLE

imagine going that fast and that high an altitude

holy fucking shit

these motherfuckers going to SPACE

man i wish they would have taken a gopro with them or something

 

[Wheeljack539]

 

[nush]

Where's a porch pirate when you need one? Look at it, just sitting out there in the open.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

I always thought all the prep work and the launch itself seemed like the worst parts of space ttravel. Not that I'd know.

But I'd want to spend some nights looking down on earth, tripping balls on existence, and perhaps getting a new perspective, rather than all the training it probably took to be shook around in a flying can.

End of the day, it's still really cool, but I wouldn't want to do it.

 

[jason10mm]

I always thought all the prep work and the launch itself seemed like the worst parts of space ttravel. Not that I'd know.

But I'd want to spend some nights looking down on earth, tripping balls on existence, and perhaps getting a new perspective, rather than all the training it probably took to be shook around in a flying can.

End of the day, it's still really cool, but I wouldn't want to do it.

These guys were in a capsule that had no control inputs or anything, right? It was just a ballistic arc. Other than maybe how to activate a radio if you land off course I'm not sure you need to know ANYTHING for a flight like this.

 

[poppabk]

No. It's honestly a bit confusing. Their rate of development is sluggish. It's what I'd have expected from NASA, which is loaded down with bureaucracy. SpaceX, by comparison, is generations ahead of them. Even small companies like Rocket Labs have gotten to orbit already.

NASA isn't sluggish because of bureaucracy, it's sluggish because it is loaded down with scientists. If you are just focused on getting shit into space, then you can obviously progress much faster. The Russians were much better than the US at getting shit into space, but NASA was developing tons of shit that had other uses and creating a demand that helped make things like microchips mainstream.
It's like that joke about NASA spending millions creating a special zero g space pen while the Russians used a pencil.
Of course NASA was also loaded with Nazis.

 

[Max_Po]

Jeff Bezos shit himself... oh wait...

 

[NecrosaroIII]

I misread this thread as "Jeff Bezos is going to himself in his face" and was like "whoa what happened".

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Liljagare]

Hey, werent there this big reveal coming up around the 18th according to reddit, in regards to aliens?

Would love it if Bezos turns out to be a Intergalactic fugitive with a death sentence on his head, now he's trying to escape and gets nuked out of orbit by the Galactic Policia.

 

[GeekyDad]

At first I read the thread title as "Jeff Bezos is gonna shoot himself in space." I got all excited.

Now, that I'd watch.

 

[Impotaku]

For 11 glorious minutes Elon will be king.

Unless it burns up on re-entry lol

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Good, more competition to space the better.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Billion dollar space dick laser fight. Too good.

 

[DragoonKain]

Must be such an amazing feeling, that's always been a dream of mine to go into space just once. Just leaving planet earth. I'll never undervalue how crazy that is.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Must be such an amazing feeling, that's always been a dream of mine to go into space just once. Just leaving planet earth. I'll never undervalue how crazy that is.

Yep, weightlessness must be incredible.

 

[triplestation]

you know

i can feel it

elon is brainstorming on doing something to top this

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

you know

i can feel it

elon is brainstorming on doing something to top this

Doesn't have to, Musk/Space X have a huge list of achievements beyond any of what Branson or Bezos have done to date (including this flight).

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Interesting little fact about the mission.



They also had the youngest astronaut ever. Dude is 18..... wild.

Respect to Wally Funk and the kid of course, but man, what a cunty way to dunk on an American hero. Glenn said the opposite of what is claimed here.

 

[KielCasto]

Really, really cool. Makes me wish I worked at that field of engineering.

 

[Fox Mulder]

It’s cool but I get why the billionaire dick stroking is a turnoff.

State funded space travel was at a standstill for decades though and the US had to pay Russia for rides. Now there’s a number of companies going at it.

 

[Corgi1985]

Next time he goes I'm buying Amazon puts in case the rocket explodes