@sunguramy I feel like when it comes to stuff like this the part of me that wants to nerd out about space and is fascinated by the technology and the part of me that is concerned about the environmental impact of this and the ties to the military industrial complex tend to conflict a lot. But both are in agreement that spacex is far worse than nasa could ever be and that they and other space billionaire vanity projects shouldn’t exist. And I hate that fascist billionaire with a passion.

It would be kind of nice if we could have research in things like medical tech, renewable energy or meteorology without all of this bullshit and environmental devastation. Spaceflight might be fascinating but I’m kind of sceptical about if we can really afford all the environmental devastation it brings, especially considering the climate catastrophe. And I especially don’t think there is any reason to be sending people to the moon or mars. It’s just a vanity project and the environment will pay the price (and in turn people will, as people depend on the environment). I can kind of see arguments for unmanned probes, and perhaps even for continuing to send people to the ISS, and it’s reasonable to maintain satellite infrastructure like communication or weather satellites (not the absolutely disastrous starlink bullshit) I suppose. But beyond that it’s just pollution for no good reason, which is why I’m not too fond of nasa, even though I agree that it being defunded in favor of spacex would make things much, much worse