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  • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    when China puts the first human on Mars, it'll be a decade later and 99% of americans will have never heard of it.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      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"

    • Antoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      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.