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CaptainTruth

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5. Mission commander donated $100 million to St Jude, Elon Musk $50 million

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 10:31 PM

Sep 2021

But hey they're rich so we have to hate them & say $150+ million for a children's hospital doesn't matter.

/sarcasm?

Edit to add: Confirmed this mission has now raised more than $200 million for St Jude Children's Hospital.

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SpaceX's private Inspiration4 mission splashes down safely in Atlantic Ocean [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 OP

So happy the untaxed oligarchs get to ride their exclusive carnival ride. PSPS Sep 2021 #1

It would make a good Saturday morning cartoon Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #19

Not possible for me to care less lonely bird Sep 2021 #2

That's his money to spend...let him...it's his buissness not your's. diverdownjt Sep 2021 #13

Um, no, it is not lonely bird Sep 2021 #15

"I don't give a damn about SpaceX." BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #18

And "rah, rah, Russia" isn't juvenile? Spare me your sarcasm. lonely bird Sep 2021 #20

We'll never have "colonies" BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #28

A waste of money? review the history of aviation. Happy Hoosier Sep 2021 #22

+1 Tommymac Sep 2021 #23

Like this "billionaire" BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #29

Far more important than the Branson and Bezos stunts. Sneederbunk Sep 2021 #3

Yes because those were stunt's by comparison... diverdownjt Sep 2021 #14

Impressive engineering. It's good to see America return to position of leadership... CaptainTruth Sep 2021 #4

Bravo! question everything Sep 2021 #6

Mission commander donated $100 million to St Jude, Elon Musk $50 million CaptainTruth Sep 2021 #5

Elon tossed in the extra $50 million RussBLib Sep 2021 #25

This is less America BidenRocks Sep 2021 #7

I view this as very much being America Sapient Donkey Sep 2021 #8

New Zealand perhaps? BidenRocks Sep 2021 #9

"What has NASA, not JPL, done of note lately? " BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #12

Yeah, those contractors performed as they did lonely bird Sep 2021 #16

Exactly BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #17

We wouldn't have got to the moon without large corporations ripcord Sep 2021 #26

Correct BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #27

Bravo SpaceX! sarchasm Sep 2021 #10

I've been along for the ride since Sputnik. I will not be a sullen old coot about this. The first NBachers Sep 2021 #11

Totally with you. I also want the public & private coordinated to prevent societal collapse, ancianita Sep 2021 #21

I am a space geek from the 1960's...and I am so psyched I'm almost wetting myself Tommymac Sep 2021 #24