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Anonymous Tue Jun 6 17:25:30 2023 No.15485423 [View]
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Why is space such a scam?
I don't mean it in an /x/ schizo way
I'm just saying the entire thing is a fucking NFT/crypto tier ecosystem of pipe dreams and bullshit, to the extent that SpaceX over promises, under delivers, is always late, and is objectively the gold standard for success and progress

Like 90% of everything every government has ever done in space has been a failure or vaporware, and 99% of everything a private company has ever done.

I'm reading for the first time about how Heinlein's lawyer bought two partially complete Soviet space stations and had a big thing about "We'll have tourists exploring the asteroid belt by 2013" and it makes me think about Space Shuttle Fuel Tank Stations and Virgin Galactic and Venus Skylab and Space Station Freedom and Bigelow Airspace and Skylon and

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