Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Other than SpaceX please point out an industry that is better that has a significant impact on citizens' lives. I will start with a negative. The healthcare system has descended from 1 place in the world to 17th place in the world while charging us 2 to 3 times as many countries with government-provided single-payer healthcare systems. SpaceX is an excellent example of a positive, but the good it does to citizens is very indirect but coming (internet, etc). Bezo's Blue Origin provides entertainment for the rich, that is about all I can see. But, I guess everyone needs to be entertained. I agree completely that there are many areas of our government that are highly inefficient (Boeing sucking on the government tit is one) But, rather than tear it all down, I suggest we fix the government by firing all the politicians owns by the big companies that are destroying our country - fossil fuels, healthcare/big pharma, big food, etc. |
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Where do you think that the gov gets the money that that they are so generous with? It's not from profit and it is not from producing a product. It's money taken by force from American citizens. Without private industry, there would be NO economy, period. |
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This thread began as a commentary on Wally Funk's accomplishments but quickly turned to a political disagreement. I have a much easier question for any experts in the Villages and beyond. Other than "space tourism" for the ultra wealthy, where is this private flight endeavour going? Is there any practical purpose to sending rockets/space vehicles into space and back or are these flights purely for entertainment purposes? To me, these launches are exact duplicates of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard. Straight up and straight back.
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I agree completely. Who spends and how much they spend is fine with me. I'm just wondering if there is a practical purpose down the road or are these flights purely for entertainment.
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Only the future will tell.
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Happy for Wally. These rockets will be reusable bringing down the cost. In the future they will carry a payload as well as space tourists.
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