From the BBC:
The British business tycoon Richard Branson has
unveiled an aircraft in the US that will be used for his project to launch tourists into space.
More than 250 people have already paid $200,000 each to be among the first making the tourist trips.
The reality of millionaires and billionaires being catapulted into space does nothing for me.
A nationalized space program is symbolic of a population's collective will to conquer the improbable, whereas privatized space tourism is an example of the elite's ability to transcend the "mundane" and "common" through flamboyant individuality.
Humanity's dreams and hopes (i.e. outer space) are being populated and appropriated by venture capitalists and day traders.
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