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By most definitions narcissism is self-love, inwards pointing. Going to space for the betterment of humankind's future doesn't seem to fit.


Well... Someone will get to say "Full impulse power" or play Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" ;-)

When it finally happens, I'll say it was about time.


Don't they go to space to enrich themselves by mining asteroids?


I'm pretty sure that if these people, with their background, were only looking to get even richer. They would use their time to invest on something here on earth.




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