>> Granted, Unity is a dead-end technology, nothing more than joyride for the rich. <<
I disagree, but then, I have ulterior resources. Just because a peekaboo plane isn't a science rocket doesn't make it a mere toy. Practical uses:
* Anything that practices more spaceflight is useful, because you never know where new ideas will come from.
* Anything that caters to the rich is conducive to safer and more comfortable spaceflight. That's not just good for humans, it's good if you need to ship anything delicate Topside.
* Anything that can get a clue into rich people is extremely valuable. And they want this experience badly enough to chase it and pay for it; they don't have to be pestered, pressured, or forced into it. The Big Blue Marble effect is very real and very powerful. It's almost universal on spacers, nerds, and mystics, so don't be surprised if there's a big drop between real astronauts and rich space tourists. But it can affect even them and it can be profound and it never goes down to 0%.
Also if you find a cracked rich kid crying in the corner at a con, try to be sympathetic, like you would for someone who played with entheogens and is freaking out over how big the Universe really is. It's not their fault they're not equipped to handle such things. They can learn.
>> But it's a way to raise money to build a real spaceplane, and to get more people out there and experience space, or near to it anyway. <<
That too.
If you're high up enough that you float and couldn't breathe outside, it's space.
>> But yeah, he's one of the rare decent sort of billionaire. Him and Musk are pretty good substitutes for Delos David "D. D." Harriman <<
True. People do get around. I mean, I can rattle off the steps because I've seen them in so many lives.
>> Although Bezos is more like an evil version of Harriman... <<
Many if not most rich people are evil. If he can do some good, I'm willing to make use of that. Maybe he'll figure out that it's more interesting than evil.
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Date: 2021-07-12 01:17 am (UTC)Sooth.
>> Granted, Unity is a dead-end technology, nothing more than joyride for the rich. <<
I disagree, but then, I have ulterior resources. Just because a peekaboo plane isn't a science rocket doesn't make it a mere toy. Practical uses:
* Anything that practices more spaceflight is useful, because you never know where new ideas will come from.
* Anything that caters to the rich is conducive to safer and more comfortable spaceflight. That's not just good for humans, it's good if you need to ship anything delicate Topside.
* Anything that can get a clue into rich people is extremely valuable. And they want this experience badly enough to chase it and pay for it; they don't have to be pestered, pressured, or forced into it. The Big Blue Marble effect is very real and very powerful. It's almost universal on spacers, nerds, and mystics, so don't be surprised if there's a big drop between real astronauts and rich space tourists. But it can affect even them and it can be profound and it never goes down to 0%.
Also if you find a cracked rich kid crying in the corner at a con, try to be sympathetic, like you would for someone who played with entheogens and is freaking out over how big the Universe really is. It's not their fault they're not equipped to handle such things. They can learn.
>> But it's a way to raise money to build a real spaceplane, and to get more people out there and experience space, or near to it anyway. <<
That too.
If you're high up enough that you float and couldn't breathe outside, it's space.
>> But yeah, he's one of the rare decent sort of billionaire. Him and Musk are pretty good substitutes for Delos David "D. D." Harriman <<
True. People do get around. I mean, I can rattle off the steps because I've seen them in so many lives.
>> Although Bezos is more like an evil version of Harriman... <<
Many if not most rich people are evil. If he can do some good, I'm willing to make use of that. Maybe he'll figure out that it's more interesting than evil.