ForteanCum [comrade/them] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoCongrats specifically to Elon Musk, the visionary founder of SpaceX, whose achievements can never be diminished even by the saltiest of communists.imagemessage-square35 fedilinkarrow-up157file-text
arrow-up157imageCongrats specifically to Elon Musk, the visionary founder of SpaceX, whose achievements can never be diminished even by the saltiest of communists.ForteanCum [comrade/them] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agomessage-square35 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareStellarTabi [none/use name]hexbear13·2 years agowhen China puts the first human on Mars, it'll be a decade later and 99% of americans will have never heard of it. link
minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]hexbear11·2 years agoNonsense. I can already see the headlines: "Mars Attacks! China Declares War on Red Planet, May Turns Eyes Toward Earth Next!" "Did Chinese Dictator-for-Life Li Keqiang just violate a 100 year old Space Treaty by putting Chinese soldiers on Mars?" "How the Chinese Space Program Succeeded where Americans Failed: The Case for a Racially Homogeneous Government" "First Woman On Mars. A Tale of Triumph in the Face of Adversity and One Incredible Woman's Struggle Against the Misogynists in Beijing" link
minus-squareFindom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]hexbear2·2 years ago"China Successfully Plants Genetically Engineered Trees on Mars, but at What Cost?" link
minus-squareAntoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]hexbear5·edit-22 years agoThe "intelligent-design" people will try to bring back geocentrism at some point, resulting in huge swaths of the US losing ability to produce people who care about space stuff. link
when China puts the first human on Mars, it'll be a decade later and 99% of americans will have never heard of it.
Nonsense. I can already see the headlines:
"Mars Attacks! China Declares War on Red Planet, May Turns Eyes Toward Earth Next!"
"Did Chinese Dictator-for-Life Li Keqiang just violate a 100 year old Space Treaty by putting Chinese soldiers on Mars?"
"How the Chinese Space Program Succeeded where Americans Failed: The Case for a Racially Homogeneous Government"
"First Woman On Mars. A Tale of Triumph in the Face of Adversity and One Incredible Woman's Struggle Against the Misogynists in Beijing"
"China Successfully Plants Genetically Engineered Trees on Mars, but at What Cost?"
:agony-mescaline:
The "intelligent-design" people will try to bring back geocentrism at some point, resulting in huge swaths of the US losing ability to produce people who care about space stuff.