Author Topic: Richard Branson into space today (Read 1337 times)

PunterNumber69 · « **on:** July 11, 2021, 08:23:14 am »

I hope he makes it there safely.

Blackpool Rock · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2021, 08:40:52 am »

Quote from: PunterNumber69 on July 11, 2021, 08:23:14 am

I hope he makes it there safely.

Me too as I quite like the guy but plenty of haters on here who don't so i'm waiting for a deluge of negative comments

radioman33 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2021, 09:52:07 am »

Reading on how he’s trying to beat bezos the Amazon bloke in the space race,they gotta spend their money on something

fudi_maar · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2021, 11:34:47 am »

I trade the SPCE stock so I'm obviously hoping it will be a successful flight, but even if I wasn't, I admire Branson (he's a legend, and 'doers' like him always attract haters) and love what he's doing.

teddyking · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2021, 04:23:20 pm »

Quote from: fudi_maar on July 11, 2021, 11:34:47 am

I trade the SPCE stock so I'm obviously hoping it will be a successful flight, but even if I wasn't, I admire Branson (he's a legend, and 'doers' like him always attract haters) and love what he's doing.

I did the opposite and shorted it. Was down a lot on Thursday evening but thank god the stock dropped 6%ish on Friday so in green now. We will have to see if the stock pumps tomorrow but I think it won’t because the company itself doesn’t make money, and it’s a “sell the news” event that pumped the stock

lamboman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2021, 04:28:03 pm »

Quote from: Blackpool Rock on July 11, 2021, 08:40:52 am

Me too as I quite like the guy but plenty of haters on here who don't so i'm waiting for a deluge of negative comments

Jenson says he's a sex pest that's the best negative I ca n think of.

teddyking · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm »

Quote from: lamboman on July 11, 2021, 04:28:03 pm

Jenson says he's a sex pest that's the best negative I ca n think of.

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

PunterNumber69 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2021, 04:44:58 pm »

They did it!!

lamboman · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2021, 04:55:26 pm »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

Yeah forgot about that WAC.

Colston36 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2021, 05:09:16 pm »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

Hypocrite.

teddyking · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2021, 05:31:14 pm »

Quote from: Colston36 on July 11, 2021, 05:09:16 pm

Hypocrite.

Me a hypocrite or Branson? 🤠

scutty brown · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2021, 05:45:29 pm »

Quote from: PunterNumber69 on July 11, 2021, 08:23:14 am

I hope he makes it there safely.

Getting there isn't the problem.................getting back is the important bit

PepeMAGA · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2021, 06:02:12 pm »

Tbh, I'm not usually much of a hater of the billionaire bunch, but I think terrible timing for Branson and Bezos doing this when the whole world is in turmoil. Hopefully there will be some good that comes out of it in terms of technology advancement.

george r · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:20:07 am »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

what a waste of money ..

Blackpool Rock · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:37:07 am »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

Depends how you look at it though and whether you think he personally sued them or one of his companies which are run as independent businesses took the action.
The whole thing surrounded a dodgy / flawed process for allocating contracts that Virgin care lost out on however he / virgin care also have a responsibility to all the employees of that company.
So is he supposed to turn a blind eye just because he has personal wealth

Crucially the NHS settled out of court which basically tells me virgin care had a valid case so instead of blaming Branson perhaps we should blame those in charge of allocating the contracts, probably find out the contracts went to family / mates of those in charge again

Blackpool Rock · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:38:45 am »

Quote from: PepeMAGA on July 11, 2021, 06:02:12 pm

Tbh, I'm not usually much of a hater of the billionaire bunch, but I think terrible timing for Branson and Bezos doing this when the whole world is in turmoil. Hopefully there will be some good that comes out of it in terms of technology advancement.

Yeah but they have been working on this for about 15 years and there's always some kind of turmoil going on so at some point you have to just get on with it

Colston36 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:43:00 am »

Quote from: PunterNumber69 on July 11, 2021, 08:23:14 am

I hope he makes it there safely.

I hoped he stayed there.

Squire Haggard · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:44:00 am »

I'll pass on the chance of going to space, but wish everyone else a safe return. I like his Virgin Lounges, especially the Edinburgh one with views over St Andrews Square.

mikecee · « **Reply #18 on:** July 12, 2021, 12:33:18 pm »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

+1

fudi_maar · « **Reply #19 on:** July 12, 2021, 01:08:43 pm »

Quote from: Blackpool Rock on July 12, 2021, 09:38:45 am

Yeah but they have been working on this for about 15 years and there's always some kind of turmoil going on so at some point you have to just get on with it

+10

The pandemic has nothing to do with private companies pushing the boundaries of human knowledge. If anything, it's admirable that it's being done during a pandemic because so many companies have used this crisis as an excuse for their inefficiency, job-losses and cutting down.

lostandfound · « **Reply #20 on:** July 12, 2021, 08:49:21 pm »

At this point it's just a vulgar novelty like a bearded lady at a Victorian fairground. "I'm a billionaire and my space mission is bigger than yours!"

nbarnes · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:26:17 pm »

Yesterday morning - the day was looking great.

We were gonna bring it home AND we finally got to fire Branson into space!

Yesterday evening was shit when I found out Branson was the only thing 'coming home'.

(i don't have a major problem with Britain's Grinniest Death Wish Billionaire, other than that bit where he asked for a bailout and spent mega money going into space)

teddyking · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2021, 10:41:39 pm »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:23:20 pm

I did the opposite and shorted it. Was down a lot on Thursday evening but thank god the stock dropped 6%ish on Friday so in green now. We will have to see if the stock pumps tomorrow but I think it won’t because the company itself doesn’t make money, and it’s a “sell the news” event that pumped the stock

Yayyyy I was right, stock dropped 15% 🤠🤠

mr.bluesky · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2021, 10:52:55 am »

Quote from: teddyking on July 11, 2021, 04:35:18 pm

Probably the worst thing he did was sue the NHS while he lives on a private island. Dude is a definition of a cunt . Also has the nerve to ask government to bail out his airline while he happily spends millions just to be first into space. Smh😣😴

Can't blame him for asking government to bail out his airline as all the airline companies were doing it. Like a lot of businesses the aviation industry has been badly hit by the pandemic which will take a long time to recover from.

anyfucker · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2021, 01:05:16 pm »

Quote from: PunterNumber69 on July 11, 2021, 04:44:58 pm

They did it!!

Depends on your definition of "it" or space to be more exact.
A common definition of space is known as the Kármán Line, an imaginary boundary 100 kilometers above sea level. In theory, once this 100 km line is crossed, the atmosphere becomes too thin to provide enough lift for conventional aircraft to maintain flight. At this altitude, a conventional plane would need to reach orbital velocity or risk falling back to Earth. The world governing body for aeronautic and astronautic records, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), and many other organizations use the Kármán Line as a way of determining when space flight has been achieved.

Branson "only" made it to about 60km, FWIW Bezos plans to reach an altitude of 100km.
Of course both are great achievements, less than 120 years ago marked the first powered flight and now private companies are reaching space.

maxQ · « **Reply #25 on:** July 14, 2021, 03:27:31 pm »

Quote from: anyfucker on July 13, 2021, 01:05:16 pm

Branson "only" made it to about 60km, FWIW Bezos plans to reach an altitude of 100km.
Of course both are great achievements, less than 120 years ago marked the first powered flight and now private companies are reaching space.

I wouldn't call what Bezos has done a great achievement yet, he has spent billions, he started 2 years before SpaceX and 6 years before Rocket Lab, and so far has very little to show for it

Meanwhile in Texas SpaceX are building the most powerful and therefore the best rocket ever, and will launch it soon

lostandfound · « **Reply #26 on:** July 14, 2021, 04:11:48 pm »

Quote from: anyfucker on July 13, 2021, 01:05:16 pm

Depends on your definition of "it" or space to be more exact.
A common definition of space is known as the Kármán Line, an imaginary boundary 100 kilometers above sea level. In theory, once this 100 km line is crossed, the atmosphere becomes too thin to provide enough lift for conventional aircraft to maintain flight. At this altitude, a conventional plane would need to reach orbital velocity or risk falling back to Earth. The world governing body for aeronautic and astronautic records, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), and many other organizations use the Kármán Line as a way of determining when space flight has been achieved.

Branson "only" made it to about 60km, FWIW Bezos plans to reach an altitude of 100km.
Of course both are great achievements, less than 120 years ago marked the first powered flight and now private companies are reaching space.

I think Felix Baumgartner put them all to shame - although he was less than 40 km up.

I was impressed with James May "going to the edge of space" in a NASA plane - but when I looked it up on wikipedia he "only" went up around half the height felix did.

mr.bluesky · « **Reply #27 on:** July 14, 2021, 05:18:37 pm »

Quote from: lostandfound on July 14, 2021, 04:11:48 pm

I think Felix Baumgartner put them all to shame - although he was less than 40 km up.

That was some parachute jump from the edge of space.One hell of an achievement

maxQ · « **Reply #28 on:** July 14, 2021, 05:33:47 pm »

Quote from: mr.bluesky on July 14, 2021, 05:18:37 pm

That was some parachute jump from the edge of space.One hell of an achievement

Meh, gravity did all the work imo

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