Billionaires could 'leave Earth behind for space colony'
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Billionaires could 'leave Earth behind for space colony' as 'climate collapses'
There's growing speculation that the trend for billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to research space travel is more than just 'boys and their toys' – it could be a lifeboat to escape a dying Earth
By Michael Moran
8 FEB 2020
Coronavirus, climate change, overpopulation, rising sea levels, and the ever-present threat of nuclear war. Lots of people would leave this planet if they possibly could.
And maybe a few people can.
A number of multi-billionaires – notably Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Yuri Milner – have poured huge chunks of their fortunes into space travel.
Maybe they’re just squandering their unimaginable wealth on rockets in the same way that mere millionaires might buy yachts.
But some people are speculating that the mega-rich might be planning to flee off-planet.
In a New York Times article entitled The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet, Michael Suffredini, who is spearheading the creation of a new "luxury" space station called Axiom, revealed the details of his designer orbital habitat.
He predicted that a holiday on Axiom would cost $55million, and not only had he recruited world-famous French designer Philippe Starck to create the station’s interior but he was close to doing a deal with a major European fashion house to provide custom-made space suits.
He said that three people had already signed up even though the space station had not yet launched. The station is slated to receive its first guests in 2022.
Elon Musk has made no secret of his plan to establish a permanent settlement on Mars. He has stressed the importance of ensuring that humanity is a multi-planet species so that there will be seem of us left behind if the worst should happen.
Musk says: "Last century, we had two massive world wars, three if you count the Cold War.”
While the PayPal billionaire isn’t predicting a global conflict any time soon, he says: ”I think it's unlikely that we'll never have another world war again."
But noted American media theorist Douglas Rushkoff has written that the overall direction of technological development was about creating an escape route for the super-rich.
He pointed out that combat robots would serve very well to guard the bolt-holes of billionaires remaining on Earth once climate change reached its end-game and described Elon Musk’s planned Mars colony as “less a continuation of the human diaspora than a lifeboat for the elite.”
They can certainly afford a lifeboat. The world’s richest people have seen their share of the world’s total money supply increase from 42.5% at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to just over 50.% by the end of 2017.
That adds up to about or $140trillion (£106tn), according to a report from Credit Suisse.
FULL ARTICLE, PICS & LINKS @ THE DAILY STAR UK
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/billionaires-could-leave-earth-behind-21445413
(NOTE: It appears they failed to even mention the movie "Elysium" starring Matt Damon & Jodie Foster which is basically this story all over the place)
There's growing speculation that the trend for billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to research space travel is more than just 'boys and their toys' – it could be a lifeboat to escape a dying Earth
By Michael Moran
8 FEB 2020
Coronavirus, climate change, overpopulation, rising sea levels, and the ever-present threat of nuclear war. Lots of people would leave this planet if they possibly could.
And maybe a few people can.
A number of multi-billionaires – notably Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Yuri Milner – have poured huge chunks of their fortunes into space travel.
Maybe they’re just squandering their unimaginable wealth on rockets in the same way that mere millionaires might buy yachts.
But some people are speculating that the mega-rich might be planning to flee off-planet.
In a New York Times article entitled The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet, Michael Suffredini, who is spearheading the creation of a new "luxury" space station called Axiom, revealed the details of his designer orbital habitat.
He predicted that a holiday on Axiom would cost $55million, and not only had he recruited world-famous French designer Philippe Starck to create the station’s interior but he was close to doing a deal with a major European fashion house to provide custom-made space suits.
He said that three people had already signed up even though the space station had not yet launched. The station is slated to receive its first guests in 2022.
Elon Musk has made no secret of his plan to establish a permanent settlement on Mars. He has stressed the importance of ensuring that humanity is a multi-planet species so that there will be seem of us left behind if the worst should happen.
Musk says: "Last century, we had two massive world wars, three if you count the Cold War.”
While the PayPal billionaire isn’t predicting a global conflict any time soon, he says: ”I think it's unlikely that we'll never have another world war again."
But noted American media theorist Douglas Rushkoff has written that the overall direction of technological development was about creating an escape route for the super-rich.
He pointed out that combat robots would serve very well to guard the bolt-holes of billionaires remaining on Earth once climate change reached its end-game and described Elon Musk’s planned Mars colony as “less a continuation of the human diaspora than a lifeboat for the elite.”
They can certainly afford a lifeboat. The world’s richest people have seen their share of the world’s total money supply increase from 42.5% at the height of the 2008 financial crisis to just over 50.% by the end of 2017.
That adds up to about or $140trillion (£106tn), according to a report from Credit Suisse.
FULL ARTICLE, PICS & LINKS @ THE DAILY STAR UK
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/billionaires-could-leave-earth-behind-21445413
(NOTE: It appears they failed to even mention the movie "Elysium" starring Matt Damon & Jodie Foster which is basically this story all over the place)