• Trilogy3452@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    6 hours ago

    This isn’t really space science related, just commercialization. And about focusing on Earth: we should let scientists work on what they’re passionate about, IMO they’ll be more motivated to research their field of choice

    • cole@lemdro.id
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      3 hours ago

      SpaceX has developed laundry list of new technology to enable Starlink and other endeavors. It’s silly to discount that as worthless.

      • 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        58 minutes ago

        If your scientific discovery disproportionately benefits a few billionaires then it’s worse than worthless.

        • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          22 minutes ago

          AND makes life far worse for literally the entire planet.

          Imagine unilaterally deciding that increasing your already obscene fortune is more important than every living creature that will ever exist in the future having a sky to enjoy, ever again. To these people, human joy is not something worth preserving.