Virgin Galactic did not deny the rumor that Branson is trying to launch by July 4, and one expert says the timeline is "very doable."

please be true holy shit

A "source who requested anonymity" told Messier that the company plans to fly Branson on a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane over the July 4 weekend.

capitalism will sell the rockets with which billionaires will kill themselves - Lenin

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I don't know what is more pathetic, these man-children trying to slave work their engineers into launching their toy spacecraft first.

    Or that it's clearly a desperate attempt to maintain relevance against a third spoiled man-child that started later and is now orbit-capable and flexing by exploding as many grain silos as his own engineers can weld together in a 110 hour work-week.

    • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      CEO's: "Engineer servants, build me a dangerous vehicle to launch me at 1,000 miles per hour into an empty void, by next month."

      Engineer servants: "But-"

      CEO's: "NO BUTS, you fucking nerd-slaves. Build me my sky chariot, and do it now!"

      Engineer servants: "I guess he never learned that being mean to a waiter might lead to them spitting in your food..."