torbrexbones 717 Posted February 28, 2017 Now that Space X have said that they will take high paying tourists on a trip round the moon and back are we taking bets on who will go and whether they will get back again or not? Two people have already signed up but their names have not been issued yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted February 28, 2017 Lovely pictures of their rocket blowing up on the launch pad last year. Anyone hope this might just be the next series of The Real Marigold Hotel? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted February 28, 2017 1 hour ago, torbrexbones said: Now that Space X have said that they will take high paying tourists on a trip round the moon and back are we taking bets on who will go and whether they will get back again or not? Two people have already signed up but their names have not been issued yet. Hopefully one of them is Donald Trump so he can be abandoned on the moon. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted February 28, 2017 We had a "spaceship roulette" thing happening in the Richard Branson thread a while ago for Virgin Galactic customers. Since a.) This is a rival operator, b.) They are even more ambitious and c.) Elon Musk is a complete fruitloop (this is the guy who wanted to nuke Mars) maybe we should create a single purpose celebrity commercial spaceflight customer thread somewhere since, eventually, there will have to be a catastrophic failure with welathy celeb customers onboard. After all, they are really just beta testers of the rocketships for us plebs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted March 14, 2017 Elon Musk is spruiking Tesla technology asa way to fix South Australia's electricity woes: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-10/tesla-boss-elon-musk-pledges-to-fix-sas-electricity-woes/8344084 Woild be better if he put the politiicans and power utility managers on one of his rocketships and launched them away somewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted September 15, 2018 Tax court rules Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte was not entitled to write off his 2009 trip to the International Space Station as a business expense and that the $42 million cost was a taxable benefit. https://globalnews.ca/news/4451263/tax-court-rules-guy-lalibertes-2009-space-trip-was-a-taxable-benefit/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted April 20, 2023 I see another of Melon Usk’s rockets has come a cropper. Starship was probably too ambitious a name; maybe go with Airplane or Zeppelin for the next one. Nothing’s gonna stop him now, I’m afraid. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
