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progressoid

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34. Not quite the biggest

Mon Sep 11, 2023, 10:50 AM

Sep 2023

Bill Gates has a couple of Bombardier BD-700 Global Express jets which are bigger

John Travolta has a few planes including a 707 that he keeps in his backyard.

But the biggest goes to: Joseph Lau's private 747-8 VIP

The biggest private jet in the world belongs to Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau, who boasts an estimated net worth exceeding $13 billion. The longest and second-largest commercial aircraft ever built has a 445 square meter interior and, on Lau's version, its two levels are connected by a spiral staircase. The initial outlay reportedly set Lau back $367 million, with modifications adding another $153 million to the bill.

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Ukraine Update: This is why Musk owns us all [View all] ancianita Sep 2023 OP

How does the US government allow this? We're done, it's fucking over. dem4decades Sep 2023 #1

How? I'm supposing it's about money and poor past leadership. ancianita Sep 2023 #3

Thank God for Costco, at least my pain relief is affordable. dem4decades Sep 2023 #6

I can't drink. Cheaper for me to just take a break and binge watch more of Virgin River. ancianita Sep 2023 #16

I'll check it out thanks. dem4decades Sep 2023 #28

Because Capitalism... DenaliDemocrat Sep 2023 #19

That Musk is a dick is not news. Disaffected Sep 2023 #2

Sure. But he's a complicated dick. ancianita Sep 2023 #4

"This govt can afford what it wants to afford ...." area51 Sep 2023 #15

Beat me to it. KPN Sep 2023 #21

Musk is a real life James Bond villain. Right up Ian Fleming's line. brush Sep 2023 #5

He could be investigated for violating anything related to FARA, I'm thinking. ancianita Sep 2023 #8

Good call...he's certainly acting in Russia's interests. brush Sep 2023 #12

Well, that decision could have been a one-off. As I've said elsewhere, ancianita Sep 2023 #13

Does the US government not have an alternative to Starlink? Or have we so privatized Lonestarblue Sep 2023 #7

Read the articles. It doesn't. The Pentagon's privatized so much of its post WWII capacity, ancianita Sep 2023 #11

Here's a prime example of why we shouldn't be privatizing things like space exploration Liberal In Texas Sep 2023 #9

If we, as a nation, allow this subversion to continue unabated, we are fucked. nt Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #10

For another angle on Musk, biographer extraordinaire, Walter Isaacson, has written a latest ancianita Sep 2023 #14

"Privatization" Roy Rolling Sep 2023 #17

Amen. Exactly. ancianita Sep 2023 #18

No one person. Snackshack Sep 2023 #20

Totally with you. I especially like your idea of a govt takeover of Space X and Starlink. ancianita Sep 2023 #22

Why isn"t Musk sanctioned for aiding Russia? Sessuch Sep 2023 #23

I don't know. That's something the Justice Dept and FBI could answer. ancianita Sep 2023 #24

Maybe Elon is an AI Bot? nt Trueblue Texan Sep 2023 #25

Ugh. If only. ancianita Sep 2023 #26

Nationalize Space-X Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #27

Makes you wonder if the Oligarch Musk was talking to threatened ground level Nuclear explosions Josiesdad Sep 2023 #29

I'm trying to understand what you just said, and ancianita Sep 2023 #30

Does Elon Musk have a private jet drmeow Sep 2023 #31

He does! The biggest one in the world, and he's been everywhere on it BUT Ukraine. ancianita Sep 2023 #33

Not quite the biggest progressoid Sep 2023 #34

Close, though, and you get my point nevertheless. ancianita Sep 2023 #35

Yep. It's all disgusting. progressoid Sep 2023 #37

Elon Musk hasn't done a damned thing to make the world a better place. He can fuck off and die. hunter Sep 2023 #32

Tell that to the Ukrainian military, dude. ancianita Sep 2023 #36

Or so it is claimed on X. hunter Sep 2023 #39

here: EX500rider Sep 2023 #41

"SpaceX is crap" Wow, if they are crap, what does that make the competition? EX500rider Sep 2023 #40

Weaponization of civilian systems manicdem Sep 2023 #38

Starlink was an Internet communications system so Ukrainians could coordinate defense of ancianita Sep 2023 #42