Richard Branson’s Edge of Space Flight - Begrudgery in Action?

It's the complete redundancy and uselessness of the action that's the problem. There's no "begrudgery" involved.

Had the internet been around in 1492, the same comments would have been made about Christopher Columbus making a vanity trip across the sea and about the wasted resources doing so. Yes, I'm aware that Branson isn't going there and finding a new country, but this is about humans pushing the boundaries of possibility.

It's very likely that in the future there will be space tourism, hotels in space, all made possible because a few rich people started funding the journeys just as the Columbus trip was. History is littered with successes despite the whinging naysayers.

Christopher C was using the wind and timber to get from A to B, wasn't bothering anyone except those who believed the earth was flat.

FFS the Earth is not flat? 😮

Why is it only necessary to do something that someone hasn't been done before to make it important?

If you actually took more than one second to read my post, I wasn't implying he was doing the same, I was saying that idiots mock people who don't actually understand the implications of what it's about. There's no doubt that there were people in 1492 thinking that Columbus was an idiot.

Let me ask you this: Do you think that in the future there won't be hotels in space? Bearing in mind that world travel itself was historically only a rich pursuit?

We already have enough junk in space. Can we not keep ruining places for tourism.

People are complaining that air travel is bad for the environment but at least that is bringing people and freight where its needed. What is the use of sending ordinary people to nearly space?

I like Branson, but his flight was hardly revolutionary you could fly to the edge of space in a 60's era Mig and the US had the X-15 which operates much the same as the virgin galactic.

But fair play to him anyway for following his passions.

What did he invent? They were trying to invent a flying machine. Branson isn't trying to invent anything. We have had people in space for the last 60 years. He didn't even come close to ISS so what did he do that was unique?

There are a lot of benefits to space travel. Branson's little jaunt is not one of them. Curious how much tax payer money his company brought in in covid relief schemes as well. Would this have been possible without public funding going to his companies I wonder.

Same for Bezos. He is entirely funded off of abusing his workforce.

Stay at home Richard

Not begrudgery, I'm sure there's far more worthy things you could be doing with a sh1t ton of money than a boys-with-toys dick measuring contest and opening up space to (of course) the super-rich.

I don't know you seem to be getting pretty bothered about any criticism of him. It comes across as being beyond just disagreeing about his endeavors.

As for space flight I have been crazy about it ever since I was a child and watch all the actual exploration done by the likes of Cassini, Rosetta and the Mars rovers.

What Branson done was not exploration as he did not explore anything or go anywhere new. Its like saying I should be praised on high for going to Paris for a weekend. Ide probably do what he done if I had the money but why you or anyone else gets so excited and reverential about it I'll never understand

Most of the criticism of Branson I've seen has been pointing out that he was funding this, while calling* for State Aid for various other parts of his "empire". Bezos gets the same regarding the tax avoidance/ tax position his company takes. I personally wouldn't call either begrudgery, more calling out the juxtaposition/ hypocrisy.

*which he did from his Private Caribbean Island.

I havent seen the begrudgery others might have,but i was more amused by the fact that it seemed nobody actually cared about the whole thing.....he done this supposedly amazing thing and it seems the world just said "meh"!