As the Ulysses crew rush to get on to the Zillion 2 rocket and get off Mars.
Goldstein shows his hand. He has no intentions of wanting the rocket to launch.
Once again Missions shows its mystical hand as Renoir shows what she has assimilated from Komarov.
There is an interesting conversation that Meyer has with Gemma where he admits that he and Goldstein were basically two peas in the pod.
This mission was an ego trip for both men.
In a sense Meyer and Goldstein reflect the ambitions of many real life billionaires.
In 2021, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos both made trips to the edge of space. A year earlier Branson was pleading to the British government for furlough aid for his companies. Both men operate in a way where they seem to minimise taxes they or their companies pay.
In the midst of a global pandemic. Dolly Parton, a singer/songwriter and someone known for a huge cleavage gave part of her personal fortune to help develop the Moderna vaccine for Covid. I leave you to decide who is the better human being.
