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Oh man, I really hope this is sarcasm :) To explore this (hopefully parody) alt history, I don't know why the us gov wouldn't waited 70 some years for spacex t
by Octoth0rpe 4mo ago
Oh man, I really hope this is sarcasm :)
To explore this (hopefully parody) alt history, I don't know why the us gov wouldn't waited 70 some years for spacex to reach this point to grant that monopoly versus handing it off to the usual collection of defense contractors, eg raytheon (or whatever they're called now), Rand, etc.
- meindnoch 4mo agoThe Holloman Pact made the alien technology transfer contingent on launching an alien-human hybrid program. You see, the Zeta Reticulans mandate their technology to be stewarded by hybrids (similar to how China requires a 50% Chinese joint venture to gain access to their markets). The two species' geneticists started working together, and in 1971 the first viable hybrid was born: Elon Musk. Then we had to wait for the hybrid to mature, before it could be given stewardship of this sensitive technology. Meanwhile a generations-long cultural manipulation program was also underway, to prepare humanity for disclosure.
- throwthrowuknow 4mo agoThis is the most rational argument in this entire discussion.
- daveshistory 4mo agoIt's just the plot to the X-Files, upgraded to the social media age.
- kelipso 4mo agoX-Files was always part of the soft-disclosure.
- Avicebron 4mo agoI want to believe.
- daveshistory 4mo agoNo joke the actor who played Cigarette Smoking Man (William Davis) has said that he got all kinds of mail from people who had "proof" of aliens and for some reason thought he'd be the right one to share it with.
- necovek 4mo agoWell, now the "X" (X.com, SpaceX, Model X...) finally makes sense!
- rapind 4mo agoSo what you're saying is we need tariffs on alien goods.
- necovek 4mo agoLet's see, maybe we'll be the Chinese for them, and they'll be hitting us with tarriffs once King Reticulani XVII gets into power.
- daveshistory 4mo agoOf course it's sarcasm, but if it WAS true, it would be because the government was working in cahoots with all those defense contractors all along, until the Trump administration came along and decided to privatize it, at which point SpaceX seized its opportunity.