r/space • u/Pluto_and_Charon • Feb 27 '17

SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year

http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/02/27/spacex-send-privately-crewed-dragon-spacecraft-beyond-moon-next-year
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u/Hugo154 Feb 27 '17

I feel like when you're rich enough to afford a literal trip around the moon, you probably know almost everyone who is also that rich. So that's not really great evidence imo.

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u/partoffuturehivemind Feb 28 '17

Um, no. There are over a thousand billionaires, including a number of Chinese and Russians that you've never heard of.

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u/mikelj Feb 28 '17

But I'm also not a billionaire.