[kiba]

Calling it a joyride seems like typical rage bait du jour. Space is a worthy project. Projects need goals to rally around, and this was a goal being accomplished. Who cares who was on the ride?

Space is a worthy project, but not this particular project.

It could have been impressive in the early oughts, but space projects had moved on. Now we have startups who already launched products to orbits, alongside with SpaceX in which actual commercial products that benefit people worldwide are being launched.

The standard had risen. It's no longer acceptable to only being able to do joyride for billionaires and his friends.