r/SpaceXLounge - What are your thoughts on the "anti-spacex, anti-space travel" culture that seems to be growing?
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Seems like the material human cost of space travel never even occurs to them. The poor indigenous people who mine the precious metals and iron etc. that make the spacecraft, the massive costs of feeding and housing all the engineers and scientists working on Musk's futile vanity project -- none of that is even on their radar. They reason that because SpaceX is more efficient and cost effective than Boeing/Lockheed/Northrop that Elon deserves all the praise in the world. In their eyes, Elon is "selflessly" dedicating his time and money to "saving" the human race by making it multi-planetary. The OP calls anti-Elon people "cultural authoritarians" fueled by "billionaire-hate" who want us to be "imprisoned on this planet forever".

Imprisoned on this planet???????

Are you fucking kidding me? Every good thing a human being could possiby want is on this planet. What's on the moon? Grey rocks. What's on Mars? Red dust. There's nothing out there. There's really nothing in space worth having. If you're not happy on earth, that's not a problem with earth, that's a problem with you (or the social or economic structure around you). Moving to a new planet is not going to solve your self esteem problems. That whole thread is just full of so much bullshit.

    • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Someone already did: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/p48fj9/what_are_your_thoughts_on_the_antispacex/h8wwnm7/

      But they did it as an example of how people get worked up over non-issues. The person saying it was a good song was downvoted: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/p48fj9/what_are_your_thoughts_on_the_antispacex/h8x7ws2/

      • beefandbellpeppers [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        (BTW since that song was published in 1970, virtually every measure of living standards in the US increased because of technology)

        Line go up because rocket go up

      • RandyLahey [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        hmmm i wonder what the demographics of reddit dot com slash r slash spacexlounge could possibly be

        Hate is stronger than reason for the masses, unfortunately.

        i wonder which masses they could be referring to

        Oh, and welfare programs are already 50 times the NASA budget

        which masses could they possibly mean