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Old 15th Sep 2021, 19:01
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Originally Posted by ORAC
... historic ...
What exactly will be "historic" in this mission:

First civilians in space? No. That one goes to Walentina Tereshkova (1963!).
First pure touristic space mission? No. Branson and Bezos came first.
First billionaire in space? No (too lazy to google who that one was)
First privately developed manned spacecraft? No (Crew Dragon was developed on a NASA contract)

Why can't they just toy around with their money and leave history for people who really write history?
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