• joelthelion@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just because it’s dangerous and not always fun doesn’t make it a “mission”. Exactly like when some rich schmuck pays 150k to climb Everest.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      Don’t disagree, just looking at it from the Lord Farquaad point of view, “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make”. I think space exploration is good and if we have to burn a few billionaires to get there, I am sanguine.

      • Tiempo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        I think we could learn so much if this ends in a total wipe out of some billionaires… Let’s hope for the best for science, and then do some replication studies with more billionaires to be sure all variables stay the same