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I can't remember if it's Season 3 or Season 4 of For All Mankind but the central drama is that some super-bitchin' asteroid full of McGuffinite breaks loose of the asteroid belt thanks to Jupiter and there's a mad dash to sling it into Earth's orbit except that will make the Mars base wholly and completely redundant so the Mars Teamsters (effectively) hatch a heist to sling it into Mars orbit instead. It's a delightfully tongue-in-cheek treatment of the fact that well ackshully, Mars' value is the novelty, not the real estate.

I quit social media cold turkey July 3rd. I pop in here sometimes and I cruise Facebook Marketplace for the pure insanity I have trained it to provide me. I am blissfully unaware of Musk's hijinks and that doesn't upset me.