Why Can't Space X, Or Virgin Galactic, Take Paying Customers To The Moon?

[King Shizzo]

Why Not? There are plenty of people who would jump at the opportunity. Money isn't the issue.

What is holding us down? 

If we are taking leisure trips to space, (Just barely)
With the same people who can afford a trip to Disney, than why can't we go back to the Moon?

Are you telling me that we don't have the tech? We are taking soccer mom's to space now.

What aren't they telling us.

[Palumboism]

Why Not? There are plenty of people who would jump at the opportunity. Money isn't the issue.

What is holding us down? 

If we are taking leisure trips to space, (Just barely)
With the same people who can afford a trip to Disney, than why can't we go back to the Moon?

Are you telling me that we don't have the tech? We are taking soccer mom's to space now.

What aren't they telling us.

Neither Space x or Virgin Galactic have fast enough rocket to escape earths orbit and neither did the space shuttle.

Falcon 9 only can go to 18,000 miles per hour and escape velocity is 25,000 mph.  Just like the space shuttle they don't go fast enough to escape earths orbit.  Low orbit around Earth requires a velocity of 17,500mph.

Virgin Galactic Unity 22 can only make it to an altitude of 53 miles and it's top speed is 2485 mph.  I wouldn't say 53 miles away for earth is space, but most people don't know the difference.  Virgin Galactic doesn't fly anywhere near fast enough to make it to low earth orbit.

The SLS rocket can get to the moon, but hasn't had its first launch.

[Walter Sobchak]

Why Not? There are plenty of people who would jump at the opportunity. Money isn't the issue.

What is holding us down? 

If we are taking leisure trips to space, (Just barely)
With the same people who can afford a trip to Disney, than why can't we go back to the Moon?

Are you telling me that we don't have the tech? We are taking soccer mom's to space now.

What aren't they telling us.

What is holding you down?

Lots of fucking gravity, you fatass.

[King Shizzo]

What is holding you down?

Lots of fucking gravity, you fatass.

[King Shizzo]

Neither Space x or Virgin Galactic have fast enough rocket to escape earths orbit and neither did the space shuttle.

Falcon 9 only can go to 18,000 miles per hour and escape velocity is 25,000 mph.  Just like the space shuttle they don't go fast enough to escape earths orbit.  Low orbit around Earth requires a velocity of 17,500mph.

Virgin Galactic Unity 22 can only make it to an altitude of 53 miles and it's top speed is 2485 mph.  I wouldn't say 53 miles away for earth is space, but most people don't know the difference.  Virgin Galactic doesn't fly anywhere near fast enough to make it to low earth orbit.

The SLS rocket can get to the moon, but hasn't had its first launch.

You are missing my point. If they had the tech to get there in the 60's, then they surely have the tech to do so now.

They have classified info for a reason. NASA, might be "light years" (no pun intended) ahead of what they tell us. Matt Damon terraforming Mars, in a movie, might be going on right now.

The Challenger shuttle disaster, is probably why we keep our real space exploration, under wraps.

[BB]

A Stingray done stung my friend Hankins.
(with Shizzo wonderin' about the moon)
His foot and ankle began to swell.
(and Shizzo's wonderin' about the moon)

He posted his saggy ass to Getbig.
(but Shizzo's wonderin' about the  moon)
Ten years from now, He'll still be shakin'.
(while Shizzo's wonderin' about the moon)


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[King Shizzo]

A Stingray done stung my friend Hankins.
(with Shizzo wonderin' about the moon)
His foot and ankle began to swell.
(and Shizzo's wonderin' about the moon)

He posted his saggy ass to Getbig.
(but Shizzo's wonderin' about the  moon)
Ten years from now, He'll still be shakin'.
(while Shizzo's wonderin' about the moon)


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The power of advertising. Great song. King Shizzo is Everywhere.

[wes]

Going by the title of this thread,I thought it was one of Marty Champions masterpieces.   

[King Shizzo]

Going by the title of this thread,I thought it was one of Marty Champions masterpieces.   

You are the "Silver Surfer", you tell us about space's secrets. Unless, that is just your code name in gay bars.

[Mayday]

Why Not? There are plenty of people who would jump at the opportunity. Money isn't the issue.

What is holding us down? 

If we are taking leisure trips to space, (Just barely)
With the same people who can afford a trip to Disney, than why can't we go back to the Moon?

Are you telling me that we don't have the tech? We are taking soccer mom's to space now.

What aren't they telling us.

The tech is there.

What you aren’t being told is plane travel is being phased out under ESG and carbon regulations.

Air travel is being replaced by SpaceX which will be essentially for the Uber rich only.

The rich don’t GAF about going to the moon. What they want is to fly to wake up in the morning, fly to London for lunch then fly back home for dinner.

30min flight times with zero plebs lining up at airports is what they want and they are happy to pay.

[King Shizzo]

The tech is there.

What you aren’t being told is plane travel is being phased out under ESG and carbon regulations.

Air travel is being replaced by SpaceX which will be essentially for the Uber rich only.

The rich don’t GAF about going to the moon. What they want is to fly to wake up in the morning, fly to London for lunch then fly back home for dinner.

30min flight times with zero plebs lining up at airports is what they want and they are happy to pay.

So you are saying normal people won't be able to fly in the future, or use gas powered cars?

Now that is stupid. Too much money to be lost in that.

[Mayday]

So you are saying normal people won't be able to fly in the future, or use gas powered cars?

Now that is stupid. Too much money to be lost in that.

Yes.

Do you really think 20yr old receptionists should be able to take 6 months off and travel to Europe each year lol?

Combustion engines already have a phase out date. I’m unsure what the US date is but probably differs by state I assume.

[King Shizzo]

Yes.

Do you really think 20yr old receptionists should be able to take 6 months off and travel to Europe each year lol?

What are you implying? People won't have any freedom? There will always be transport available to people who are willing to pay.

That's at all cost levels. There are billions of dollars in public transportation. It will never be a "rich only" option.

[OneMoreRep]

Yes.

Do you really think 20yr old receptionists should be able to take 6 months off and travel to Europe each year lol?

Combustion engines already have a phase out date. I’m unsure what the US date is but probably differs by state I assume.

This.

Also, although I have no hard evidence to support this claim, conspiracy theorists for decades have long said the lunar landing in the 1960's was staged as a result of Nixon not taking no for answer in terms of televising the moon landing.

I do find it odd that back in the 1960's we somehow had the technology to simultaneously capture the astronauts on the moon and send it back to earth to be aired in real time with no lag. Moreover, Buzz Aldrin continuously denying on various TV shows that the moon landing ever happened is also highly suspect. But all of these circumstances could simply be rumors spawned by conspiracy theorists of course.

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[Mayday]

What are you implying? People won't have any freedom? There will always be transport available to people who are willing to pay.

That's at all cost levels. There are billions of dollars in public transportation. It will never be a "rich only" option.

I did not imply that. You assumed it so that’s entirely something you decided for yourself.

I have mentioned the inflationary waves from here to 2030 which will pretty much instantly make you poor. It doesn’t mean you have less freedom, you are simply to poor to afford luxuries. Receptionists won’t be buying LV handbags or going to Bali for half the year or eating at cafes for every meal. They will be shit poor and unable to afford a car.

Your response is a good example of why the current inflationary pain is not enough. People think they are still entitled to global travel for 1/5th of a month’s income. Increase food 4x and fuel 3x and let’s see if interplanetary travel is still on your ‘outrage’ list.

I don’t think you realise what the current global initiatives of reduced consumption, deglobalisation and depopulation mean. It means less of everything.

[Mothballs]

When confronted with life’s deepest mysteries, one should always look to an uneducated professional athlete for the answers, preferably a dindu like Kyrie Irving.

[kreator]

The moon landing was a scam, 9/11 was a scam and so was c0vid.

[Humble Narcissist]

Private companies will have to get government approval to fake a moon landing.

[wes]

You are the "Silver Surfer", you tell us about space's secrets. Unless, that is just your code name in gay bars.

You dare mock me mere mortal....I who have soared the galactic spaceways and traversed past countless suns at speeds your ken could never begin to comprehend.

Know thy place brash one lest I resort to using the power cosmic on yo` ass and sheit know what I`m sayin`holmes ?

Ain`t nobody got time for your dumb ass.

[GymnJuice]

Because if paying customers reached the moon they'd realize it was just as flat as the Earth and then the true secret would be out.

[IroNat]

You dare mock me mere mortal....I who have soared the galactic spaceways and traversed past countless suns at speeds your ken could never begin to comprehend.

Know thy place brash one lest I resort to using the power cosmic on yo` ass and sheit know what I`m sayin`holmes ?

Ain`t nobody got time for your dumb ass.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Why Not? There are plenty of people who would jump at the opportunity. Money isn't the issue.

What is holding us down? 

If we are taking leisure trips to space, (Just barely)
With the same people who can afford a trip to Disney, than why can't we go back to the Moon?

Are you telling me that we don't have the tech? We are taking soccer mom's to space now.

What aren't they telling us.

If something goes wrong in space and everyone dies then it would be bad for business.  Moron

[King Shizzo]

If something goes wrong in space and everyone dies then it would be bad for business.  Moron

They are already taking that chance.

I'm wondering if the space stations are the true measure of how far we have been able to travel in space. Maybe all of this time, we have never had the tech to reach the moon.

Something doesn't add up.

[IroNat]

They are already taking that chance.

I'm wondering if the space stations are the true measure of how far we have been able to travel in space. Maybe all of this time, we have never had the tech to reach the moon.

Something doesn't add up.

We spent billions, went to the moon, found rocks, brought some back, planted a flag, hit a golf ball, the end.

[King Shizzo]

We spent billions, went to the moon, found rocks, brought some back, planted a flag, hit a golf ball, the end.

But It's not. In today's day and age, revisiting the Moon, on live t.v.,would be the most watched spectacle in human history.

Sad to say, but the amount of revenue generated by ads promoting the event, would dwarf anything the Superbowl could dream of.

Hell, you could even make it a PPV (Pay Per View) and make money that the treasury couldn't count.

My point, is that we would do it if we could, but we can't.

We can't send astronauts to the moon. Which begs the question: How did they supposedly do it in the 60's?