In a struggling and growingly anemic aviation community we should be happy that someone is willing to invest ridiculous amounts of money into projects like these. Money that feeds someone’s family, in the USA. Can we be proud that it was 100% made here? Kind of sickens me when people think they should receive something for nothing. This project probably employs thousand of people in aerospace, all who have families and community. I’m not sure we still need charity when you give back at these levels. Those are definitely not underpaid jobs. I see numerous charities that his companies contribute to and these do not seem to be irresponsible organizations. If all he wanted for his contribution was one stupid ride on a rocket why not give it to him and cheer for everyone when it’s over because we are all looking like winners here. I’m having a hard time finding anything bad about this, maybe something funny. Nature physics and evolution have decided this is the perfect shape to get the job done and indeed you have to be proud of your, er, rocket. There is no shame in that. I’m not saying it’s intentional but If I was Jeff and saw all the trash you write this would definitely be the form I’d grab and say …