OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation

https://www.businessinsider.com/oceangate-cofounder-send-humans-live-venus-atmosphere-2050-titan-sohnlein-2023-7

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orangeNgreen@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y (2 replies)

A picture of the rocket ship they plan to use was recently leaked!

JoumanaKayrouz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
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WexMajor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

It has got the fins and everything!

oblique_strategies@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

How about we, I don't know, just focus on innovating to make Earth a better place for a bit first?

Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Sending 1,000 billionaires from Earth to die by plummeting to the surface of Venus when Cardboard Cloud City fails would certainly make the Earth a better place.

holycrap@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

That would cut emissions substantially too

SocializedHermit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

How about not innovating with people's lives at stake? What a bunch of insufferable douchebags.

pseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Wow, Venus. At least these people know their vessel implosions.

JoumanaKayrouz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
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Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y

Lol, I would take oceangate off my resume when making these goals public.