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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, lets jump straight to MILITARY and not.. oh say, I dunno... space exploration? Typical military industrial complex bullshit.

Sick of this fucking timeline.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works -2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Dude, you realize the whole 'going to the moon' thing was just a way to convince the public to fund ballistic missile technology? And the whole reason for the shuttle was to steal Russias satellites? One of the biggest use cases for space is war. Space travel won't feed anyone.

[–] cy888@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Ballistic missile tech already existed.

It was modified for use in the Mercury program.

[–] robear@lemmy.zip 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

We can already feed everyone. We just choose not to. Space travel has nothing to do with it, but we should do it anyway.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm for space travel but I think the commercialization of space will benefit a very few.

[–] dzsimbo@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not if we have gay space-communism and anyone and their mother can use the skytrain (my colloquial name for a space elevator).

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

If you like space elevators you'll love orbital rings. Literal train into the sky!