A ship called SpaceShipOne built by Aviation Pioneer Burt Rutan has successfully flown to an altitude of about 100 km, leaving the Earth’s atmosphere. This is the first such launch as 25 companies vie for the $10M X-Prize. Commercial voyages into space are almost definitely going to become a semi-regular thing within my lifetime.
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Okay, Poindexter, so when’re we gonna have our jetpacks issued?
Naw, but I’m pretty excited about this, too. I feel conflicted, ‘cos I feel like there’re a lot more immediate problems at hand to devote resources to… As much as I love space stuff, it’s pretty much only become a means to deliver more commercial/gov’t satellites. Exploration is a distant second.
Yo, G. Do you still have those Fuckumm zines? I’d love to see that stuff again. You should oughta scan ’em in. I was thinking about the Archie comic stuff we were obsessed with Back in the Day.
I’m also conflicted about the exploration of space, but I guess it’s going to happen eventually. Most people talk about it in such commercial terms which makes it even scarier. “What a great place for a resort casino hotel!”
I do still have all the old Fuckumm issues around somewhere. It probably is a good time to scan them in and bring them out for a new generation since this is probably the 10th anniversary of the first issue! … I believe it was 10 summers ago that I was sitting around with nothing to do and decided to start writing down random thoughts. Nice. I also still have lots of those Archie stickers.