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The cynicism stems from the fact that it’s billionaires in the driver seat of this space race. It feels more like a pissing contest, than something driven by sc
by dstick 5y ago
The cynicism stems from the fact that it’s billionaires in the driver seat of this space race. It feels more like a pissing contest, than something driven by scientific curiosity.
The same can be said for getting a man on the moon. But I think that it’s not USA vs USSR but Branson vs Musk vs Bezos that fuels the negativity.
But your points are valid! There are good things coming out of these R&D spenditures.
- gregoriol 5y agoGetting to the moon does seem to provide some interesting stuff for some future and science: being able to regularly set foot on another planet (which was already achieved a bit but has way to go, like the current/new launcher reusability vs Apollo), set a base on another planet, somehow live on another planet, ... at least there is a clear next-step with Mars after that and for science to understand how humans would live in other environments, how to provide or produce stuff there, ...
- beardyw 5y agoHey, when billionaires spend money it's wealth distribution too. There are people paying their bills on the back of this.