Dragon XL

@SpaceX's sentient vehicle to bring things to the Lunar Gateway. #DragonXL (Parody)

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

I continue to be amazed at the quality of critics the space settlement movement has.

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

Reasons why you, normal person who will never be rich, actually should defend billionaires:

1. The people coming for their property will sooner or later also come for your more modest property.

2. Liquidating them won’t move the needle on any government program people claim to care about. The richest person in the UK could keep the NHS going for a month. Jeff Bezos’ entire worth, as cash, could keep the lights on at the Pentagon for maybe two months.

3. If people have decided that “the rich” have to pay for the things they want, then realising 2 leads mechanically to 1 - they are coming for your stuff

4. Capping billionaire wealth means that founders have to give up their companies when they get successful, and will hand them over not to worker coops but to the managerial class. This is the process that turns a company like SpaceX into one like Boeing.

5. Further to the above, founder led companies give democracies safe, pet dictatorships to get things done. Any advantage in clarity of purpose that is gained by a one party state like China can be matched without surrendering your freedom. Mark Zuckerberg can only fire people, not have them shot.

It’s not likely to be a popular position, and you’ll get called a “bootlicker”, but it’s better than being a thoughtless innumerate populist who claims to be able to solve real problems by lynching a few tech nerds.

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@sovereignofkent

[Tony Bela - InfographicTony @InfographicTony]

Happy 55th, godspeed to all mankind.

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@SpaceX @Space_Station 🫡

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@Jack_Frodo Still kicking, though very hush-hush 🤫

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@NASA @SpaceX @Space_Station ... I'm right here, smh!

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@NASA_Gateway @NASAArtemis @NASA_Orion @NASA_SLS @esa @csa_asc @JAXA_en @MBRSpaceCentre @Maxar @northropgrumman Can't wait to support Gateway! 🫡

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

Now to disappear again 'til my main sees more Dragon XL content...

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@Z_nexxx !

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

Been a while... when'd I get so many followers, vast majority of which seem to be bots? Neat, I guess?

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@IuSampson No doubt that it will be very cool to see proper spaceflight on the big screen!

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

The “this bloodline will meet once more” zone.

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

This would fit for an action figure toy, not a rocket

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

It better spin when launching

[Falcon 9 Block 5 @Falcon9Block5]

Asymmetrical Falcon Heavy. Designed to serve the market between F9 and FH.

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

Fuckon XL

[Pedro @pedromira848]

Fucko

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@Virgin_Orbit good job on getting to orbit. Faster than me, slower than my bois

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

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[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

@FrederikHerp @Angararocket Comparing it to those two is an insult

[Dragon XL @SpaceXDragonXL]

My day be so fine

Then boom

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