@wonderofscience@mastodon.social As fascinating as real-world images of #Barsoom are for my #Astronomy and #SciFi heart: #Elon's megalomaniacal #Longtermist visions for #Mars have spoilt the planet for me. Of all the dystopian novels that are being realized, #SyFy and #Amazon's series, #TheExpanse, has been coming to my mind time and again: a world dominated by multinationals and billionaires, and interplanetary warfare... https://mastodon.social/@wonderofscience/117057254759913655