There are 9 people on that list that I'd rather have put investment in Disneyland than Elon.That got me thinking... Did Elon really lose all his money and I didn't know about it? So I Googled.
By coincidence, Forbes Magazine just released an article on Wednesday, June 5th on the 10 wealthiest people on the planet currently. Elon Musk is #1. Although to be fair, it's all rather pointless once you've gone over a net worth of $50 Billion or so. Anyone know anyone with a net worth of only $50 Million, with an humble M instead of B? I don't.
One other thing I learned. Mr. Musk is only 52. His best earning years are still ahead of him. If there really is a feud between Bob Iger and Elon Musk, Mr. Iger needs to swallow his pride and bury the hatchet. Get SpaceX into an exhibit in one of any of the currently abandoned Tommorrowland buildings!
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I mean we only talked about it for a few pages in this thread back in March the last time you kept insisting that SpaceX must sponsor an attraction in TL, I know its easy to forget.I had to go to Google because I've never heard of a Blue Origin rocket launch, or heard anyone talk about them.
Now I know why.
In 2023, Blue Origin had 1 rocket launch. So far in 2024, Blue Origin has had 1 rocket launch.
In 2023, SpaceX had 94 rocket launches. So Far in 2024, SpaceX has had 47 rocket launches.
Blue Origin plans 2 more launches this year. SpaceX plans 48 more launches this year. That's 8 per month in '24 for SpaceX.
I think it might be a better idea to have a rocket company that is actually sending up a lot of rockets every year be the sponsor for an exhibit in Tomorrowland. If you don't like the owner of the company, so be it. When Mommie Dearest came out in 1980 and exposed Joan Crawford as a truly horrible human being, we still went to the Pepsi-Cola show in the Golden Horseshoe.
But Tomorrowland has too many abandoned buildings to not try something, anything, with a successful American company involved in rocketry and space.
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches - Wikipedia
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I mean I guess you could theme it to the Artemis program and have it updated as it progresses to the moon. And once the lunar base is established have it updated as the mission changes to Mars.Also since we are launching these rockets already why would this be good for Tomorrowland? Seems like a todayland concept
Rocket to the moon was outdated when we went to the moon so they changed it to Mars.
Sad thing is most people were looking at their phones for mobile ordering during that.SpaceX Falcon rocket launches over Disneyland!
I hate that too but it's all his doing, like alienating Tesla's core buyers.
What would JPL get out of sponsorships?
Didn't the Buzz store area used to be a space exhibit? They had a Mars rover and other toys. I seriously wanted the aerogel on display. They could do that again. Fill up some emptiness. Get Cal Tech and Harvey Mudd to create competing displays.
Well… I imagine today’s Disney would have little trouble placing it anywhere and calling it a day. If it was me, though… Fantasyland Theater replacement.
That's prime real-estate there. That is where the Snow Queen boat ride was going to be.
It did. That was part of an education government grant. Do we really want a shop filled with Air & Space museum store merch?
In Tomorrowland? Heck, yeah! I’d take that over more mouse ears and bubblewands anytime.
Well in my opinion NASA could use it to as an opportunity to bring space exploration back to the forefront of the public consciousness, specifically their role. As of 2023 over 65% of the population believes NASA will or should have no role in future space exploration. And that their only role should be to protect us from threats from space.
www.pewresearch.org
