And this is why billionaires should not control vital resources
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But they always do.
I'm okay if billionaires exist, but their political and economic power should be somehow kept in check
Nope. No one person ever needs anything near that amount of money.
Agreed. No one should have that much wealth. Saying it is fine is like saying cancer is fine for a body.
I'm okay with billionaires if the government provides a UBI of ten million a year. A hundred years of UBI seems like a fair amount for someone to own if they worked really hard and inherited a nice house. Houses are one of the only things I think should be inherited.
Money is political and economic power. You CANNOT have one without the other.
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I think I’d laugh myself unconscious if Trump nationalized Space X.
I've been saying for years that it needs to be nationalized. And this is a really good time to do so; Elon is showing that him being in charge is a national security risk.
But Trump 100% doesn't have the guts to do it.
That's the CO part of the TACO
Trump would rather just give the ISS transport job back to his bff putin
Yeah, I doubt he could manage that.
SNASA is that you?
The IP trace shows it’s coming from the SMoon!!!
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It is the end of manned space flight for the USA. Thanks MAGAts.
Blue Origin will have us doing it again. They truly are the tortoise of the race.
Yeah, let's get the other billionaire idiot on the payroll so he can get Katy Perry to the ISS.
That would be some fireworks
Make 'em go, “Ah, ah, ah”
Blue Origin has used FAR less government money than SpaceX. That's one of the reason they sell those trips. You have to pay for things somehow.
I mean, SpaceX has a lot more government contacts, because you know, they have working orbital vehicles...
Edit: I deleted my other post because I was mostly wrong. I didn't realize New Glen has actually launched once. Good on them for achieving orbit.
They had way more government funding to get to the point Blue Origin is at. I'm not just talking about right now. That would be silly.
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Right. They built their rockets on Amazon wage theft and stock profits. Totally different than stealing directly from tax payers.
EDIT: Wage theft.
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Have they even achieved orbit?
Yes, NG-1 was orbital
You were down voted, but you're correct. I had to look that up. Pretty cool, on their first attempt too. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-launches-massive-new-glenn-rocket-into-orbit-on-1st-flight-video
Not yet
Edit: Turns out I was wrong. Their craft that was supposed to make it to orbit made it on its first attempt. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-launches-massive-new-glenn-rocket-into-orbit-on-1st-flight-video
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO MARS, YOU FUCKING NAZI ASSCLOWN. IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA.
NASA HAS LAUNCHED MANY ROCKETS FOR MANY DECADES. YOU BLOW SHIT UP BECAUSE YOU THINK THE RULES OF PHYSICS AND MECHANICS DONT APPLY TO YOU.
EVERYTHING WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WERE DEPORTED TO A BLACK SITE.
FUCK YOU, ELMO
Going to Mars is a fucking great idea.
And frankly SpaceXs rapid testing isn’t a big deal. It’s lead to decent results.
Musks sucks, but SpaceX isn’t why.
Deliberately burning up a viable planet and blowing all your resources to go to a dead planet is fucking stupid on every level and every metric. Absolutely indefensible.
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Why do I feel like the entire government is based off a 2yo building a house of cards with his bully from school.
Because you have a firm grasp of reality?
Is he promising to leave the former US?
Dominance of this country is being fought over by a couple of petty 12 year old tyrants. It’s like a version of that Twilight Zone where the powerful kid is surrounded by people trying not to upset him, except the kids are drug-addled and senile.
By launching it?
What’s the threat here? If you don’t give me money then I won’t spend it?
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