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What a life!
SLD
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Prince William criticizes the billionaires blasting off. Says we should focus our energy on saving the planet.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...-space-race-urges-focus-saving-earth-rcna2996
He is funding an earthshot charity to find ways to fix our climate crisis.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...-space-race-urges-focus-saving-earth-rcna2996
He is funding an earthshot charity to find ways to fix our climate crisis.
thebeave
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Elon Musk, not Jeff Bezos.
SpaceX is an orbital rocket--it stays up until the deorbit burn. It's Blue Origin that simply goes up there but doesn't have the velocity to stay there.
thebeave
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Methinks Elixir is getting a little loopy in the head with his advancing age. Soon, if not already, he will be the one that needs Depends.
Harry Bosch
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Methinks Elixir is getting a little loopy in the head with his advancing age. Soon, if not already, he will be the one that needs Depends.
Actually, Depends are a good idea for a rocket launch. Unless you have an instantaneous launch window you might end up stuck on the pad for quite a while.
jab
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TSwizzle
Let's Go Brandon!
Half brother, surely. But William has not quite reached the level of his jug eared father.
Elixir
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Methinks Elixir is getting a little loopy in the head with his advancing age. Soon, if not already, he will be the one that needs Depends.
Oh gimme a break. After the first hundred billion or so, they all look alike.
lpetrich
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This I think is a much worse indulgence than visiting outer space: getting a super houseboat for oneself. If one wants to do so, then go ahead, but if one does so, then one forfeits any right to complain about how overpaid one's underlings are.
First Look at Jeff Bezos’ New Toy: Record-Breaking Oceanco Sailing Yacht Y721 Launched - autoevolution
It reportedly costs $500 million.
"That superyacht is Project 721 or Y721, the largest superyacht from luxury Dutch shipyard Oceanco, and it just launched at Zwijndrecht, on its way to Alblasserdam, where the final fitting-out will take place."
The article shows some pictures of it -- its hull and superstructure are done, but it does not have anything else that is visible from outside.
"Upon delivery, as promised, the superyacht will come with a series of world records, including the title of the world's largest sailing yacht, the largest superyacht ever from Oceanco, and the longest vessel to be built in the Netherlands."
"Delivery is scheduled for 2022 after it completes sea trials."
"... Y721 is a three-decker measuring 127 meters (417 feet) in total length. It will feature three masts and a bowsprit, and comes with a black hull and an overall classic, elegant silhouette."
It's reportedly modeled after
Black Pearl (yacht) Y712 at Oceanco, with length 106.7 m (350.1 ft) and beam 15 m (49.2 ft).
It is a sailing ship that uses DynaRig sails, much like Maltese Falcon (yacht) with height 58.20 m (191 ft) and draft (depth below water) 6.00–11.00 m (20–36 ft)
The DynaRig system is a square-rig system 3 masts with 6 yards (horizontal spars) and 5 sails each. The masts can rotate and the sails are lowered and raised by remote control.
First Look at Jeff Bezos’ New Toy: Record-Breaking Oceanco Sailing Yacht Y721 Launched - autoevolution
It reportedly costs $500 million.
"That superyacht is Project 721 or Y721, the largest superyacht from luxury Dutch shipyard Oceanco, and it just launched at Zwijndrecht, on its way to Alblasserdam, where the final fitting-out will take place."
The article shows some pictures of it -- its hull and superstructure are done, but it does not have anything else that is visible from outside.
"Upon delivery, as promised, the superyacht will come with a series of world records, including the title of the world's largest sailing yacht, the largest superyacht ever from Oceanco, and the longest vessel to be built in the Netherlands."
"Delivery is scheduled for 2022 after it completes sea trials."
"... Y721 is a three-decker measuring 127 meters (417 feet) in total length. It will feature three masts and a bowsprit, and comes with a black hull and an overall classic, elegant silhouette."
It's reportedly modeled after
Black Pearl (yacht) Y712 at Oceanco, with length 106.7 m (350.1 ft) and beam 15 m (49.2 ft).It is a sailing ship that uses
DynaRig sails, much like Maltese Falcon (yacht) with height 58.20 m (191 ft) and draft (depth below water) 6.00–11.00 m (20–36 ft)The DynaRig system is a square-rig system 3 masts with 6 yards (horizontal spars) and 5 sails each. The masts can rotate and the sails are lowered and raised by remote control.
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Just like the classic Star Trek opening.
Space, the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the starship enterprise,
Its mission to explor....
GIMME A CHAMPAIGN BOTTLE!
I WANT ONE!
HA HA HA HA HA
These are the voyages of the starship enterprise,
Its mission to explor....
GIMME A CHAMPAIGN BOTTLE!
I WANT ONE!
HA HA HA HA HA
Never go to space with Jeff Bezos. He's a dick.
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This I think is a much worse indulgence than visiting outer space: getting a super houseboat for oneself. If one wants to do so, then go ahead, but if one does so, then one forfeits any right to complain about how overpaid one's underlings are.
First Look at Jeff Bezos’ New Toy: Record-Breaking Oceanco Sailing Yacht Y721 Launched - autoevolution
It reportedly costs $500 million.
"That superyacht is Project 721 or Y721, the largest superyacht from luxury Dutch shipyard Oceanco, and it just launched at Zwijndrecht, on its way to Alblasserdam, where the final fitting-out will take place."
The article shows some pictures of it -- its hull and superstructure are done, but it does not have anything else that is visible from outside.
"Upon delivery, as promised, the superyacht will come with a series of world records, including the title of the world's largest sailing yacht, the largest superyacht ever from Oceanco, and the longest vessel to be built in the Netherlands."
"Delivery is scheduled for 2022 after it completes sea trials."
"... Y721 is a three-decker measuring 127 meters (417 feet) in total length. It will feature three masts and a bowsprit, and comes with a black hull and an overall classic, elegant silhouette."
It's reportedly modeled after
It is a sailing ship that uses
The DynaRig system is a square-rig system 3 masts with 6 yards (horizontal spars) and 5 sails each. The masts can rotate and the sails are lowered and raised by remote control.
I thought Bezos was such a hard worker he wouldn't have time to go sailing, and that's why he deserved all that tax free money. Least that's the way I understood it from people here.
Wow, that did get awkward. Shatner trying to convey something meaningful, Bezos just didn’t care and walked away.
lpetrich
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That support yacht:
DAMEN YS 7512 yacht (Damen Yachting, 75m, 2022)
New order for 75m Damen YS 7512 Yacht Support | SYT
This yacht is engine-driven, and it will have a helipad
Length: 75 m (246 ft)
Beam: 12.6 m (41.3 ft)
Can have 37 crewpeople and 4 guests
Comparisons for Jeff Bezos's main yacht:
Maltese Falcon (yacht)
Black Pearl (yacht)
Displacement = mass (from how much water the ship pushes aside)
DAMEN YS 7512 yacht (Damen Yachting, 75m, 2022)
New order for 75m Damen YS 7512 Yacht Support | SYT
This yacht is engine-driven, and it will have a helipad
Length: 75 m (246 ft)
Beam: 12.6 m (41.3 ft)
Can have 37 crewpeople and 4 guests
Comparisons for Jeff Bezos's main yacht:
Maltese Falcon (yacht)Can have 18 crewpeople and 12 guests
Black Pearl (yacht)Can have 12 guests
Displacement = mass (from how much water the ship pushes aside)
Derec
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Bezos does not even hold any official office at Amazon, so I am not sure its warehouse workers count as his "underlings", if that's what you mean.
In any case, that's a huge boat! But its construction, operation and upkeep is creating a lot of jobs too.
Derec
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Somebody here was claiming billionaires should have no free time to go sailing? Where?
Also, when you pay almost $1G in federal taxes over a five year period, that is hardly "tax free money".