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kleinbl00 · 2100 days ago · link · · parent · post: Elon Musk tweets he’ll “bet ya a signed dollar” that Thai cave rescuer is a “pedo”
It's entertaining to me that I'm the pessimist on this discussion and the optimist on the other one. My fear is that the only obvious, expedient use case for space is military. Our advances in manned spaceflight were all proxy warfare with a rival power; our vehicles and methods of manned spaceflight are all military derivatives. Except, of course, SpaceX, which is now launching NRO payloads. The way forward in manned spaceflight looks a lot like the cold war.
I feel the same. It's a possibility that it's the only way forward. I would love to see alternatives. I have not.It's entertaining to me that I'm the pessimist on this discussion and the optimist on the other one.
The way forward in manned spaceflight looks a lot like the cold war.