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Space exploration and scientific missions has always been funded by states, so pretty much the inverse of capitalistic impulses. SpaceX does no scientific miss
by thrance 2y ago
Space exploration and scientific missions has always been funded by states, so pretty much the inverse of capitalistic impulses.
SpaceX does no scientific missions, focusing on the only somewhat profitable part of the space industry: putting satellites in orbit. Also it receives massive grants of public money.
There are no economic incentives to colonize Mars.
- 5040 2y ago>There are no economic incentives to colonize Mars. Perhaps, but much has been said about the vast fortunes asteroid mining could unlock.
- shiroiushi 2y agoThat is true, and I also believe there really are vast fortunes that could be unlocked with asteroid mining. However, asteroid mining is absolutely nothing like colonizing Mars, aside from the fact that they both involve space travel.