I’d sooner bet on Richard Branson doing the billionaire-killing with his Virgin Galactic business. His ridiculous suborbital joyride is one of the most insane contraptions ever built. A homemade manually-piloted hybrid-rocket that’s already killed one pilot in flight and caused life-changing injuries for the other pilot in the same accident. In contrast, SpaceX’s crew vehicles have to meet NASA safety standards laid down in the wake of the Columbia disaster, and so far they’ve worked fine.

please 🥺