Thursday, October 14, 2021

Then and Now

Captain Kirk himself went to space on Jeff Bezo's New Shepard rocket yesterday. How far Bezos and, really, all of us have come in making space travel a reality (for the rich), as these two clips show:

2000: Space travel is really hard, Charlie


 2021: Capitalism baby! Yee haw!


Wally Funk's expression is hilarious...Also, Bezos' voice has become a lot deeper, in correlation with his net worth.

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