RE: NASA needs more money
May 22, 2024 at 10:31 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2024 at 10:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Going to space has printed many wealthy people and was instrumental in making the 20th the american century. It may have also had a little something to do with the whole shebang not ending in thermonuclear war (give us time...).
Even by cynical lights it's a no brainer...and that's the trouble. Even the cynics have lost their marbles. The guys who want to carve up space for their donors aren't going to get what they want either - they're just another person getting conned.
That's the real trouble with space as a private venture, imo, what with how the main way to create profit is by exploiting human rather than natural resources..and there just aren't enough people in space for it to be worth the trouble to pick their pockets.
Even by cynical lights it's a no brainer...and that's the trouble. Even the cynics have lost their marbles. The guys who want to carve up space for their donors aren't going to get what they want either - they're just another person getting conned.
That's the real trouble with space as a private venture, imo, what with how the main way to create profit is by exploiting human rather than natural resources..and there just aren't enough people in space for it to be worth the trouble to pick their pockets.
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