Balex

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It's also frustrating that people keep saying SpaceX "relies on taxpayer money" as if we're just giving them money for no reason. It's all contracts! SpaceX only gets money for providing some kind of service. They're not being bailed out or anything. The Musk hate is justified but so misdirected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

How are there so many people in this thread talking with such confidence and yet know absolutely nothing? SpaceX is the reason NASA doesn't need to rely on Russia to get astronauts to and from the ISS, so that's one huge benefit. And Starlink is in such a low orbit that their orbits are constantly decaying and will burn up in the atmosphere without any orbit corrections. So there will never be a chain reaction crash.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

What do you mean little to show for it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I respect the integrity to do that!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

No, it's true. The Biden admin drafted this in December, 2024. We have to do better than the right and actually live in reality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's no mention of bunker buster or Wisconsin on that page.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I think the main issue is that there is a discrepancy between what a male and female has to do in order to pass. I do agree though, if a woman is able to meet the requirements she should be able to do whatever a man can.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was in reference to Dark Brandon.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where are they? I want to pull up with my homie and surprise him 🤫

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Evolution isn't some sentient force striving for perfection. There is a lot of retarded stuff that we have evolution to thank for. This could just be a side effect of some other trait that normally helps the fish survive. Plus, earthquakes don't happen often enough to affect evolution in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if I quite agree with that being a morale issue. But that same logic nuclear reactors are immoral because if they blow up they can cause a lot of harm.

I do agree that it is a little sketchy for human flight, but they wouldn't use it if there was a significant chance of it harming the people on board.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Going to the moon was a fantasy at one point. I just don't see any downsides to trying to become multi-planetary. Even if it fails there would still be technology developed in pursuit of that goal that helps life on earth.

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