• Elting@piefed.social
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    4 hours ago

    When the challenger exploded and the space age ended, so too should have been dispelled the mirage that space travel would mean infinite resources for capitalism to exploit.

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      Shuttle was always a Low Earth Orbit craft. It was never designed or capable of even a flight to the moon, much less another planet.

      infinite resources for capitalism to exploit.

      That is potentially still alive with robotic missions for orbital asteroid capture and mining.