Stephen Colbert makes some good points about Jeff Bezos' joyride to space.
Stephen Colbert makes some good points about Jeff Bezos' joyride to space
Former Amazon CEO and billionaire Jeff Bezos took a very expensive joyride to space on Tuesday — and yes, he made it back.
Following the launch, The Late Show's Stephen Colbert examined the "momentous day in the history of some people having way too much money," and exactly how important it was (or wasn't).
"It was all billed like some big, official, important thing. It's not. It's fun, I love space travel, good for them! But it's not important. Here's how I know it's not important: I hosted the last one of these, for Branson. Lot of fun, but talk show hosts don't anchor historic events," Colbert said.
"Plus, both times, when they landed, the billionauts sprayed each other with Champagne like it was the end of a yacht race. If something is really important, it doesn't need a big, wet celebration. You'll remember Buzz Aldrin didn't douse Neil Armstrong with Gatorade."
We all saw it, and Colbert noted the undeniably phallic shape of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, one that launched a thousand dick jokes and memes. "I guess it's true what they say: Billionaires and their rockets end up looking just like each other," he said.
Colbert also picked up the slap of a post-flight moment when Bezos said the quiet part out loud, telling a press conference, "I want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this."
"Ha ha ha! It's funny because he doesn't pay taxes or his employees," said Colbert.
Both He and Branson could build housing for the poor. It wasn't long ago that Branson was begging the UK Government to help Virgin Airways.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least Bezos doesn't have "more money than he knows what to do with." We may criticize his purposes and plans, but he does have them.
ReplyDeleteRich people donate lots of money to charties . There are rich people who weren't born rich they worked hard got rich . This talk show hosts is rich has lots of money he doesn't work hard to make millions. All he does is stand tell jokes as and interviews people and mocking people for being rich when he is rich himself
ReplyDeleteAll the money they donate is tax deductible.
Deletesome do some don't. I imagine these rich Celebrities do the same like this talk show host with the tax deductible for donating
DeleteThey don't donate nearly as much, and it's tax deductible so they don't pay taxes.
DeleteI can smell the liberal greed and jealousy in this article. People are entitled to do whatever they want with their own money. If you don't pay their bills, don't count their money.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the money they get by exploiting the workers who die in their unsafe warehouses... like Jody Rhoads?
DeleteOkay white westerner.
you call it exploiting, other people call it work. There are other jobs available if you don't want to work there.
DeleteAnd nice bringing race into this shaMOO
What a waste of peoples money tớ accomplish pure egotrip 66 miles in space số many people could have bên given a meal
ReplyDeleteBut the problem with the analysis is to assume the money is burnt as people fly to space. The money paid rocket engineers, chemical engineers who make the rocket fuel, suppliers, general workers, etc.
ReplyDeleteWithout that money, they'd be unemployed.
not really
DeleteSome people believe everything they're told.
DeletePeople still be neglecting the level of technological advance that's been accomplish by these 3 companies. Nasa couldn't create a reusable ship in 40 years, they've done it in 10.
DeleteAll people see is 3 rich dude spending money. What I see is 3 rich dude declaring a race to space-technology. And every time this happens, good things comes out of it. But people seem to forget the level of technological advance the NASA provided us with, so don't expect them to understand anything further than 3 rich dude going to space. Anyway, most of them probably think earth is flat, covid is a scam, mask don't work and are anti-vaccine
The space race is a perfect way to gain supplies and safe experimental zones for the industrial strength nuclear green tech we need on Earth. I’ve tried to explain that to people, but it bounces right off of them.
DeleteI like it when Rich people spend lots of money . When they do other people make lots of money
ReplyDeleteI like it when people do intelligent and productive things
Deleteme too . Advancing science is always productive and lucrative.
DeleteSome big CO2-tax for these quys, please.
ReplyDeleteLOL bro, stop embarrassing yourself. Rockets burn hydrogen and Oxygen, they release water vapour.
Deletehey bro, what do you call a male karen? Mario sounded like one.
Deletesomebody slap that smarmy liberal eunoch
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