● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Branson #Bezos #MarkShuttleworth ☞ 'Nothing Says Tax the Rich Like a Recreational Billionaire Space Race': Critics Denounce Bezos Flight https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/20/nothing-says-tax-rich-recreational-billionaire-space-race-critics-denounce-bezos

'Nothing Says Tax the Rich Like a Recreational Billionaire Space Race': Critics Denounce Bezos Flight

"If there was any economic justice in the world," said one critic, the U.S. would have imposed "a $100 billion re-entry tax on Jeff Bezos upon his return from outer space."

● NEWS ● #RobertReich #markshuttleworth #bezos #branson ☞ The Fake Heroism of Space Billionaires https://robertreich.org/post/657190772027817984

Cuba, Space Billionaires, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

#CaitlinJohnstone

https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/cuba-space-billionaires-and-other

'Saying your #economic #model is #superior to a #socialist #nation's because you were able to use economic #warfare to #impoverish that nation is like saying your #personal #philosophy is better than your neighbor's because you beat the shit out of him.'
#audio #cuba #colonization #imperialism #ecocidal #capitalism #space #billionaires #branson #bezos #musk #narrative #matrix

Cuba, Space Billionaires, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Many leftists shy away from speaking out against western imperialism because they see international dynamics as too complex, when really it's the least complex part of the capitalist empire. The world's...

Heute früh behauptete im #WDR5 doch tatsächlich jemand, was die Herrschaften #Branson, #Bezos und #Musk da so veranstalten, sei eine Demokratisierung der #Raumfahrt. Manche Leute kann man nur noch auf den Mond schießen.

Touristen im All: "Demokratisierung des Weltraums"

Die Milliardäre Branson und Bezos möchten mit ihren Raumfahrtunternehmen auch anderen Privatleuten Weltraumtourismus ermöglichen. "Diese Raumflüge sind ganz anders als ein Flug der Internationalen Raumstation", sagt der frühere Astronaut Reinhold...

... and this guy wants to go to outer space LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzuxEyeqri0
2:09 min video
#branson #jump

Concluso con successo il primo viaggio spaziale turistico si apre una nuova era, l'accesso allo spazio alle persone comuni.

Certo i biglietti sono ancora costosissimi, ma così vale per qualsiasi novità, sicuramente caleranno gradatamente con il passare del tempo, speriamo abbastanza velocemente da poterlo fare un giretto, magari partendo dallo spazioporto di Grottaglie, già previsto non solo dalla musica di Caparezza.
#Virgin
#Unity
#Branson
#sapzio
#turismo
#spazioporto

https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/nordamerica/2021/07/11/branson-in-attesa-volo-nello-spazio-pubblica-foto-con-musk_e5c99c87-c190-4faa-9fba-146a38a84352.html

La navetta spaziale con a bordo Branson rientrata sulla Terra - Nord America

Il lancio della Virgin Galactic dal deserto del New Mexico. Il volo è durato poco più di un'ora (ANSA)

Sunday 9:00AM EDT

https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-richard-branson-spaceflight-webcast

#space #Branson #VirginGalactic

Virgin Galactic will launch billionaire Richard Branson into space today. Here's how to watch it live.

Coverage starts at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).

Richard #Branson will attempt to beat Jeff #Bezos to #space

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/01/tech/jeff-bezos-richard-branson-first-to-space-race-scn/index.html

British billionaire Richard Branson plans to beat fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos to space. Branson's company, #VirginGalactic, made a surprise announcement Thursday that he will attempt to fly in Virgin's rocket-powered plane on July 11 — nine days before Bezos's planned July 20th launch.

Why are the last resources being wasted in the context of the crisis so that the super-rich can live out their #ego games?

#holyday #fail #news #question #humanity #problem

Richard Branson will attempt to beat Jeff Bezos to space

British billionaire Richard Branson plans to beat fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos to space. Branson's company, Virgin Galactic, made a surprise announcement Thursday that he will attempt to fly in Virgin's rocket-powered plane on July 11 —...