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The US government seems serious about developing a lunar economy (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nope. No. Nuh-uh. Stop fucking up this planet, then we can talk. I'm drawing a line in the sand, I'm going to become an eco-terrorist if I see a fucking Coca-Cola ad when I look into the night sky.

[–] Audacious 2 points 10 months ago

All I think of is the movie, The Time Machine. Spoiler, the main character goes forward in time and sees the moon breaking apart, causing a collapse of civilisation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I thought economists were the stupidest people. Military economists proved me wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Develop the fucking US economy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

What’s the USD to MOONBUX conversion rate?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sure, why not? It's not like we have any other pressing issues to address. Let's keep pouring 100s of billions into the right pockets and press on.

[–] threelonmusketeers 4 points 10 months ago

"Por que no los dos?"

Humanity can pursue multiple awesome endeavours simultaneously.

[–] atzanteol 1 points 10 months ago

NASA's 2024 budget is around $25 billion.

By comparison Apple's revenue for last quarter was around $120 billion.