Post #963120

2026-04-02 07:54 UTC

Don&#39;t want to piss on anyone&#39;s chips, and I definitely tuned in, but I&#39;m slightly underwhelmed by us going for a jaunt round the moon. Everything is so dire down here, I&#39;d be happier to see clean energy initiatives, or diplomatic breakthroughs, or the puncturing of the worldwide far right. I don&#39;t derive a lot of hope from seeing people burn more fuel to do things we&#39;ve already done, this isn&#39;t For All Mankind.

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@rgarner@mastodon.social 2026-04-02 07:56

I suppose one thing it does do is unite a lot of Star Trek fans briefly in remembering what we thought hope looked like.

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@SteveClough@metalhead.club 2026-04-02 08:24

@rgarner I am sort of with you. The original space programme did provide science and was exciting. But Musk and his ridiculousness has destroyed all of the excitement of space travel. I do think, at this point, the money and resources need to be focussed on earth and our problems.

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@jake4480@c.im 2026-04-02 13:46

@rgarner

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@kboyd@phpc.social 2026-04-02 14:46

@rgarner Counterpoint from 1970 that still rings true today, especially the bit about war: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/why-explore-space Also hank green had a recent video about the scientific benefits of re-visiting the moon with scientific technology that is 50 years newer, it was pretty interesting.

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@siin@sigillosacro.com 2026-04-02 16:38

I'll piss on anyone's space travel chips anyday, without shame. How silly to spend trillions on something so grandly useless to anyone but a few very rich people who wish to get *even richer*

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@samvarma@fosstodon.org 2026-04-03 12:13

@rgarner @neverbeaten Yeah lot of folks felt that way in the 1960s too

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