SpaceX taps crypto billionaire to lead planned crewed Mars flyby
SpaceX named a crypto billionaire to lead its proposed first crewed Mars flyby, announcing the appointment during briefings ahead of Thursday's Flight 12 launch attempt. SpaceX described the voyage as a crewed Mars flyby rather than a landing and presented the appointment as part of pre-Flight 12 test activity. The selection places private wealth at the center of early crewed interplanetary missions and accelerates a timeline where private donors shape WHO gets access to pioneering spaceflights and how safety and oversight will be managed.
Please, yes, let's have the entire crew comprised of crypto billionaires
Waldo Jaquith27"All of your stolen apes are in here, gentlemen. Yes, this way, up the gangplank. Don't mind the rocket."
Waldo Jaquith13It's been, what, 60 days since Musk declared "never mind, I just learned that radiation exists, SpaceX will be going to the moon instead," but SpaceX is somehow still producing "we're going to Mars" propaganda.
Goth or Ostro-goth2When you offer them a seat on the rocket ship, they don't ask "which seat," or "where is it going?" Or "is this thing even a *real* rocket?"
Cynbel Terreus2Need Bezos, Musk, and Zuckerberg on that ship
