Would you travel to space like Sir Richard Branson?

[marylander1940]

Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson reaches space in test flight, part of furious space tourism race | Fox Business

OP note: I'd rather travel to other places.

Edited July 12, 2021 by marylander1940

[+ Axiom2001]

No, I would not indulge in such frivolous and very expensive endeavors.  Stay on the ground and let the scientists explore for the better of humankind.

[seattlebottom]

I would love to go but either to a space station, the moon or Mars.  There are companies in NV and FL that will let you experience zero-g on airplanes the way that astronauts do when training.

[+ azdr0710]

[jeezifonly]

Probably not. But I would totally support an organized effort to get more captains of finance and industry transported out of our atmosphere. They’re geniuses - they will find a way back. 

[+ MysticMenace]

I probably would...after these conditions are met:

• There are luxury hotels and resorts already in place, and that they come with the one-time fee for getting to the travel destination.
• The rules of the land are ones I can live with.
• The Hollywood and Athletes I mentioned that I'd love to have an orgy or gangbang with are coming and staying with me...in perpetuity.

[CuriousByNature]

So many places on this planet I would like to experience first.  If I was able to do all that, perhaps space would be next on the list.

 

[jjkrkwood]

 

I've NEVER been a risk taker, so......

[diehard_002]

No way. I would use the money to hire every single talent on rentmen. That will make me float long time... Hope the math works in my favor..

Edited July 12, 2021 by diehard_002

[+ WilliamM]

1 hour ago, CuriousByNature said:

So many places on this planet I would like to experience first.  If I was able to do all that, perhaps space would be next on the list.

 

Agree. Yes, it would be exciting though.

[CuriousByNature]

3 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Agree. Yes, it would be exciting though.

One place still for me to see is Hvar... not as hvar away as space, but still pretty hvar... 😉

[+ azdr0710]

6 hours ago, JoeMendoza said:

• There are luxury hotels and resorts already in place, and that they come with the one-time fee for getting to the travel destination.

with, of course, no resort fee.....oxygen, a gym at sea-level air pressure, urine bottle disposal, and spaceship-wide wifi (not just in the, uhhh, lobby?) should be included in the rack rate ($28,000/night and up)   

[+ sync]

That would be a no!

[+ FreshFluff]

On 7/12/2021 at 7:45 PM, azdr0710 said:

with, of course, no resort fee.....oxygen, a gym at sea-level air pressure, urine bottle disposal, and spaceship-wide wifi (not just in the, uhhh, lobby?) should be included in the rack rate ($28,000/night and up)   

Sferra Giza 45 sheets or at least Frette. Daily housekeeping pls; none of this COVID era every 3 days stuff. 

Edited July 14, 2021 by FreshFluff

[+ Charlie]

No. Who are you going to call for help if you break down somewhere in space? AAA?

[Luv2play]

On 7/12/2021 at 5:34 PM, diehard_002 said:

No way. I would use the money to hire every single talent on rentmen. That will make me float long time... Hope the math works in my favor..

Your handle suits you.

[dbar123]

In this age of global warming it seems like an egregious waste of resources in the name of vanity. 

[+ FreshFluff]

Checking into Four Seasons, Space 

 

[Scott Virginian]

Personally, I’d love to travel in space, visit other planets, see if there’s anything else out there. 
 

but…

 

I’m also somewhat disappointed in Branson. This felt a lot like a spoiled rich kid’s indulgence.  He cracked the 62 mile limit of the gravity well for all of three minutes. Big deal. There was no real innovation or new tech involved; NASA put humans in space, in orbit, and on the moon 50 years ago. ‘Shoot something into the sky and watch it fall’ isn’t exactly breaking science, here, boys. 
 

He gives a lot to charity, I know. He could have done that with the money spent on this, too. 
 

And it seems like the only new thing he’s created is a way for self-indulgent celebrities to light fire to $250,000 all to get selfies in “space” and boost their insta and tiktok rankings. There’s a win for humanity. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
 

I’m being a Debbie Downer, I know, but this just felt like a huge waste of resources for a whim. 

[john1973]

Millions of people on earth are still desperate for a Covid vaccine. If these billionaires did what Bill Gates did and donated a substantial amount of money on funding increased vaccine production, I'd cheer them on. Otherwise, these big-spending, unfairly taxed fat cats  may just as well not return to the planet.

[+ sniper]

If there were some sort of underground resort compound on the Moon, I would love to go there and experience 1/6 gravity. But space travel as it currently exists doesn't really meet my comfort and risk/reward desires.

[topunderachiever]

I've not seen one major impact the trillions of dollars spent on space travel has provided to the human race over the last half century.  Sure, now we know how weightlessness affects a monkey's bowel movements, and that one of Jupiter's moons may have held water a billion years ago, but other than fantasy rides, there isn't much value to any of these missions other than a very, very expensive curiosity.  

And this whole Mars domed colonization bug up Elon's butt could be accomplished in the equally barren Mojave desert with the same result:  absolutely nothing.  

Edited July 16, 2021 by topunderachiever

[+ RJD]

50 minutes ago, topunderachiever said:

I've not seen one major impact the trillions of dollars spent on space travel has provided to the human race over the last half century. 

Actually, there are many items in use today, some life saving and changing, because of space exploration.  

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/

 

[topunderachiever]

2 hours ago, RJD said:

Actually, there are many items in use today, some life saving and changing, because of space exploration.  

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/

 

Virtually every one of those items likely could and would have been developed as needs arose even without a space program.  They are all natural progressions in scientific knowledge and development to solve earthly problems.  None of them came from space even tho they may have been accelerated a bit by the trillions used.    

Edited July 16, 2021 by topunderachiever

[+ E.T.Bass]

No.