billionaire space boyz....

[lp85253]

I wasn't criticizing Branson in my post. I was criticizing lp85253 for being hateful and childish.

I just wanted to see who would get triggered... Thanks

 

[pewternhrata]

I just wanted to see who would get triggered... Thanks

You should already know who...the libs

 

[lp85253]

You should already know who...the libs

You mean other than you.. I was talking about who would get triggered by my thread... Peace

 

[pewternhrata]

You mean other than you.. I was talking about who would get triggered by my thread... Peace

Triggered? Not even close, just jaw dropped by people who dedicate more time shaming the rich rather than utilizing the opportunity they have in front of them. Honestly I envy the uber wealthy, but I don't dwell on them, it's more encouragement for me to excell.

 

[lp85253]

Triggered? Not even close, just jaw dropped by people who dedicate more time shaming the rich rather than utilizing the opportunity they have in front of them. Honestly I envy the uber wealthy, but I don't dwell on them, it's more encouragement for me to excell.

You misspelled excel...

 

[pewternhrata]

You misspelled excel...

O snap, you got me, I better turn in my beach house

 

[lp85253]

O snap, you got me, I better turn in my beach house

I thought that if you were actually going to try to excel you might want to learn how to spell... It helps with filling out a resume...

 

[Danzilla31]

I thought that if you were actually going to try to excel you might want to learn how to spell... It helps with filling out a resume...

Who gives a poop how we spell on a public forum? Lol. It's basically just a casual conversation as we type

 

[Danzilla31]

As far as this topic goes he's a billionaire guess he can do whatever the heck he wants. It's his money like it or not and that kind of money gives you a lot of latitude. As Ryan said hopefully some good can come from it. If not the rest of us little guys got plenty to deal with back here on the ground I've been sp busy at work I've barely had time to pay attention to this

 

[cpp]

As far as this topic goes he's a billionaire guess he can do whatever the heck he wants. It's his money like it or not and that kind of money gives you a lot of latitude. As Ryan said hopefully some good can come from it. If not the rest of us little guys got plenty to deal with back here on the ground I've been sp busy at work I've barely had time to pay attention to this

As least he earned his money the hard way. Most of us can remember Virgin Records. In the '70s, Richard Branson and Nik Powell started a mail-order record retailer and it grew from there , till they sold it. At 16 he had a Student magazine. SO hats off to him.

 

[Danzilla31]

As least he earned his money the hard way. Most of us can remember Virgin Records. In the '70s, Richard Branson and Nik Powell started a mail-order record retailer and it grew from there , till they sold it. At 16 he had a Student magazine. SO hats off to him.

Yeah I can respect that. I know it's easy to bash on those who have a lot. Heck that's just human nature a little bit. But I'm not sure I want to live in a place that gets to tell you what to do with what you earned. That can be a very slippery slope to go down. I may not agree with everything someonr who has much does with it but in the end that's there choice. They earned it. None of my business I feel. Dude wants to fly in space let him fly in space

 

[Trell]

Yeah I can respect that. I know it's easy to bash on those who have a lot. Heck that's just human nature a little bit. But I'm not sure I want to live in a place that gets to tell you what to do with what you earned. That can be a very slippery slope to go down. I may not agree with everything someonr who has much does with it but in the end that's there choice. They earned it. None of my business I feel. Dude wants to fly in space let him fly in space

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Relative Deprivation, Discontent and Revolutions

Social scientists have for long acknowledged that people evaluate their own wellbeing not only on the basis of what they have but also on the basis of what they have relatively to what other people have. Adam Smith (1776) wrote that "By necessaries I understand not only the commodities which ...

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Marx (1847) wrote that "A house may be large or small; as long as the neighboring houses are likewise small, it satisfies all social requirement for a residence. But let there arise next to the little house a palace, and the little house shrinks to a hut”

 

[slipperybidness]

Chuck didn't buy his own air/spacecraft

Nailed it!

THIS right here is why it is a big deal-- We are talking about (finally) starting to privatize space travel, where in the past it has always been government-controlled and funded.

Very interesting if you consider the history of flight. The fact that a couple of common men were the first to succeed at sustained flight was a huge success and opened the door for democratized flight.

 

[panteragstk]

Nailed it!

THIS right here is why it is a big deal-- We are talking about (finally) starting to privatize space travel, where in the past it has always been government-controlled and funded.

Very interesting if you consider the history of flight. The fact that a couple of common men were the first to succeed at sustained flight was a huge success and opened the door for democratized flight.

The craziest part to me is the amount of time that's passed. 100 years is a tiny drop in the bucket to come as far as we have. It's insane.

 

[Danzilla31]

Old news

Relative Deprivation, Discontent and Revolutions

Social scientists have for long acknowledged that people evaluate their own wellbeing not only on the basis of what they have but also on the basis of what they have relatively to what other people have. Adam Smith (1776) wrote that "By necessaries I understand not only the commodities which ...

blogs.worldbank.org

Marx (1847) wrote that "A house may be large or small; as long as the neighboring houses are likewise small, it satisfies all social requirement for a residence. But let there arise next to the little house a palace, and the little house shrinks to a hut”

Yeah pretty easy to want to be the guy in the big house. You know I actually remember an interesting study of lottery winners I'll have to try to find it they compared the reactions of winners who already had stuff to those that had none of all. I remember the results were pretty fascinating it's off the subject of this post I'll PM it too you if I can find it

 

[Danzilla31]

Nailed it!

THIS right here is why it is a big deal-- We are talking about (finally) starting to privatize space travel, where in the past it has always been government-controlled and funded.

Very interesting if you consider the history of flight. The fact that a couple of common men were the first to succeed at sustained flight was a huge success and opened the door for democratized flight.

Yeah I'm fascinated by this aspect of it as well. Can the privatization of space actually be more efficient and work better then what big government can actually pull off. It'll be cool to see the long term effects of this.

 

[lovinthehd]

Well, don't know how cost effective it's been (but believe it has been more effective than NASA on their own), but the Space-X partnership with NASA seems to have borne fruit already as well. Space Force not so sure about....

 

[pewternhrata]

Well, don't know how cost effective it's been (but believe it has been more effective than NASA on their own), but the Space-X partnership with NASA seems to have borne fruit already as well. Space Force not so sure about....

You are awfully upset about this 'space force'. Unfortunately; for you; you may have to ignore trumps bigot haircut for its existence.

What the Space Force is, and isn't

The newest branch of the military is still mired in explaining to the public what it does.

www.google.com

 

[lovinthehd]

You are awfully upset about this 'space force'. Unfortunately; for you; you may have to ignore trumps bigot haircut for its existence.

What the Space Force is, and isn't

The newest branch of the military is still mired in explaining to the public what it does.

www.google.com

LOL no, not awfully upset...but with all the posturing the orange goofus did with it sure didn't help.

 

[pewternhrata]

LOL no, not awfully upset...but with all the posturing the orange goofus did with it sure didn't help.

You always got something to recant to and i enjoy it all.