Comments by "Rob Fraser" (@krashd) on "" video.

  1. Without rich people there would have been no ocean crossings or passenger flights. Everything has to start by only catering to those who can cover the costs, then costs fall. History is something you should have a nosey at.
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  2. Sure...
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  3. Ocean crossings and passenger flights were once only for rich people...
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  4. Richard Branson has never did anything for a dollar, he does things because he can.
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  5. Absolutely useless? So Skylon is useless? All of the companies designing space planes in the hope of transforming 7 hour transatlantic flights into a journey you could take on your lunch break are useless? Have you told them, zlozlozlo? Or have you had trouble getting in touch with them to break the news?
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  6. Obviously, and yet VG will likely overtake both those companies within 30 years as VG's tech can lead to reliable space planes capable of slashing the length of time it takes to get from London to NYC by about 95%. Will a rocket do that? No. VG and Skylon are on very different paths from SpaceX and Blue Origin, the US companies want to make Mars accessible while the British companies want to make Earth more accessible. Let's check back in 2050 and see which of these big companies are carrying hundred of millions of people across oceans everyday...
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  7. By 2050 will there be 1 billion people travelling back and forth between Earth and Mars or 1 billion people criss-crossing the Earth to do their business on one continent before heading back to their own continent on a 45-minute sub-orbital flight? Think about it, which is more likely? If I was an investor I know which company I would be pouring money in to and it's not the one owned by Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos...
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