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I mean it would look bad if he wasn't aboard, wouldn't it? "Pay lots of money for my space ride [that I'm not going to actually go on myself]"

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It seems more desperate. I think he's jealous of musk, as he should be. Musk is doing so much net good for humanity, while Bezos seems more like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.

I don't know, does it look bad for Elon Musk to not go on SpaceX private flights? I would say it doesn't change much.

People generally dont expect Musk to go to the ISS on Crew Dragon - because he's not an astronaut. But if SpaceX start doing 'space tourism' aimed at general (if somewhat rich) consumers then it would be odd for Musk not to take a ride on that - dont you think?

Similarly Branson would be expected to have a go on his space tourism thing once it opens up to the public.

There is no "if". SpaceX has planned missions and contracts for many more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration4

That's someone subcontracting, a bit different to Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic saying "buy a ticket here"

Musk was known to joke that the (pressurised) Cargo Dragon spacecraft had everything needed for a stowaway to visit the ISS. Thank goodness he didn't try it - probably a stunt too far even for him.

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