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haxcloud · 4081 days ago · link · · parent · post: Nixon's undelivered speech in the event that Armstrong and Aldrin were stranded on the moon
How old are you? It seems Elon Musk is doing very, very well in reopening the development of space right now, so it might not be as long a wait as you think.
user-inactivated · 4081 days ago · link ·
I guess. I'm fully aware of the various privatized plans for Mars. And sometimes I even dream of being born on Earth and dying on a different planet. In the grand scheme of human history, there will never be a greater dichotomy possible in a single lifetime, and if this is the century for it I'll be incredibly grateful. But I'm skeptical of the finite potential of the private sector to fund space travel at this moment (not in the distant future -- there will be money in it then). Like almost all subjects, I'm sure I've written on this at greater length on hubski before.