After a record-breaking IPO, the coffers at SpaceX are overflowing. To cope with this funding gusher, the company’s technology wizards have come up with an ingenious solution for flaring off investors’ assets: a mission to the sun. A cash launch of that magnitude and distance has never previously been attempted. At about 93 million miles from earth, the sun has always been considered out of reach for direct investment. In theory, with the U.S. dollar bill measuring a bit over six inches in length, a trillion of them laid end to end would extend all the way to the sun…
Author: Tom Navratil
Tom Navratil
Tom Navratil has contributed to Points in Case, Weekly Humorist, Slackjaw, Jane Austen’s Wastebasket, and other humor publications. His debut novel, Dog’s Breakfast, is a comedy of international intrigue.
“The family farm used to be the backbone of this country, but now I tip my hat to all that parquet flooring and the golden chandeliers.” – Norm G., grower, Iowa “I hope his next move is to tear down the local VA hospital and put up a cotillion.” – Mel H., disabled veteran, Texas “Our benefits are ending but have you seen those architectural drawings?” – Rosie B., trad wife, Idaho “Just sold my kids’ guns to buy ’em all dance shoes!” – Jenny T., manicurist, Missouri “During the government shutdown, I wrote a time-travel novel where all the…