the human body will encounter complications in low and zero gravity

ftl will never happen

space stations are a scam that rich tech ceo's promise

mars cannot be terraformed

life is probably unexceptional and we will never make contact with others

you will all die on earth

    • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Because if we can't make the only planet in the universe we are perfectly adapted to work, then I don't think the inhabitable void of space is going to be much better.

      • uwu [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        We probably won't colonize other planets or whatever but exploring space is dope regardless. Nothing bad about learning more about the universe n shit.

        • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
          1·
          4 years ago

          I definitely think it's awesome for educational and curiosity purposes. The problem is when people are just throwing all their eggs in the Mars or Moon base or whatever idea for some reason and not giving a shit about the infinity of problems under the current societal system on earth.

      • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
        1·
        4 years ago

        Shut up doomer, who's we? Last time i checked me and my mates didnt genocide the congo or deforest the amazon or create the pacific garbage patch. Heehee how can we go to space if we havent fixed eartyh, stfu you can focus on two things at the same time as a species.

          • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
            1·
            4 years ago

            i said deforest the amazon and kil the congo, not the other way around. your rhetorical victory is forfeit uwu

            i was meaning to say stop shaming the consumer of a capitalist economy for the unnecessary evil the capitalists do. stop saying humanity is at a great fault just because 200 years ago we let people get exponentially rich and create a class all for their own to conquer the earth.

      • Parzivus [any]
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        4 years ago

        That goes for a huge chunk of academic work, though. Tying science related stuff too closely to its application is a great way to give people an excuse to kill off whatever isn't "practical" enough. You already see it with the focus on STEM.

      • Skinhn [they/them,any]
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        4 years ago

        Space mining is probably pretty critical to avoiding ecosocialism on the cheap for most people in the world (and that's the best outcome without those mineral resources)

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
      2·
      4 years ago

      Space just isn't that cool or useful. We were all hyped up on space race nonesense and positivism, but it was a fever dream all along. We could go live on other planets but there's no reason to do so any time soon.