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The US government seems serious about developing a lunar economy (arstechnica.com)

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year 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@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Cant wait to see how they will use moon real estate to produce a new kind of homeless people

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Develop the fucking US economy.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year 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@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

"Por que no los dos?"

Humanity can pursue multiple awesome endeavours simultaneously.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

NASA's 2024 budget is around $25 billion.

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