Zaphod Beeblebrox
Richard Branson
The resemblance is striking, no?
Virgin’s Branson unveils commercial spaceship model | Reuters
Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship he hopes will be the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis next year.
Branson, whose Virgin Galactic is one of several commercial enterprises vying to offer the ultimate in sightseeing, said his SpaceShipTwo will start test flights later this year.
“Two thousand eight is going to be the year of the spaceship. We’re excited about this, and everything it will do,” said Branson at a media event at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.”
Virgin Galactic, part of Branson’s airline, vacation and retail company Virgin Group, has more than 200 people signed up and $30 million in deposits for the rides, which cost about $200,000 per person.
Zaphod Beeblebrox
He’s the guy you want to vote for
When you get into that Voting Booth
Put an X next to his name
Zaphod Beeblebrox for President
Building bridges between the stars
In no way is he stupid
In no way is his brain impaired
It’s just not true, he’s smarter than you
And he’s better looking too
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Has the longest hair of any candidate
And he’s got the coolest shades
And his teeth are white as snow
So let’s elect him President
He’ll build bridges between the stars
Don’t believe the rumours
Don’t believe those vicious lies
They’re just not true
He’s smarter than you
And he’s better look too
(Spoken)
“Listen. I just wanted to say, y’know.
Whatever presidents say y’know.
Things like, er… the name of people and er, freedom
And I dunno. Democracy, stuff like that. Woo! Come on!”
6 Responses
Wow, this self-indulgent billionaire is inventing toys for the world’s wealthy. What a wonderful human being. Whatever would the richies do without people like him? So, they’ll climb into their expensive gas-guzzling car, and drive to the “Virgin” spaceport, and drop a couple hundred grand on some ersatz space flight so they can talk about it at cocktail parties on their yachts.
I feel all warm and fuzzy now.
“Wow, this self-indulgent billionaire is inventing toys for the world’s wealthy.”
Or, you could also say that this dude that can afford it is trying to push and apply new technologies, which is pretty cool, considering that our govt. is currently funneling most of our money to contractors (you know, for the Iraq war). Because, of course, nobody EVER finds other uses for new technologies such as the ones he’ll be employing.
I, personally, would love to take a trip into space. Sure, I won’t be able to afford it anytime soon, but the sooner they come up with the technology, the sooner the trips will come down in price.
But, nah. I’d rather just sit here and bitch about rich people. How dare they display forward thinking!
I’m a space freak myself, and think it would be pretty cool to go into space.
Sure better than spending a fortune on more wars.
And better than him buying himself another freaking island.
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I stand by my views.
Gimcrack toys for rich folks are not forward thinking.
I like stories where those who have via diligence and hard work become mega-wealthy do something for humanity. In fairness, this blond billionaire may have done something really wonderful for humanity, or maybe he does it all the time, I just haven’t heard about it.
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