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_{I'm all for enthusiasm. But fully expected some tongue-in-cheek Reg stuff when starting to read the following sentence:}

"Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind, driven by the universal human spirit of exploration"

_{Yes. Yes! Yes!!! And then:}

said SpaceX.

_{The anticlimax. Or rather the contrary, SpaceX being utterly ironic? Or just pathetic me being an old bag of cynicism. That's probably why I'll never circle the moon and have to settle for circling the sun. Lifelong.}