The View from the Top

Two men float around with open champagne bottles and glasses in a spaceship looking at Earth. One says, 'It's humbling how the view from up here reinforces the profound insignificance of everyone else.'

Jon Kudelka

The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald,

24 July 2021

Last century’s Space Race was a duel between Cold War superpowers. In the 21st century, it’s a race between billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Branson was first into space, but the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, was happy with his ‘best day ever’, despite it costing him about US$1.38 billion per minute.