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Liked by China, Russia, and 3 others.***
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 12:55 PM
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I see some rando Dem from Cali, Maxine Waters, and Rashida Tlaib as the leading forces in this measure.
Lampoonish as the whole "Space Force" moniker is - not to mention the fact that it inspired its own comedy series featuring Steve Carell - the mission itself is still vital and while I doubt the whole "Space Force" tag lasts the agency itself probably will survive even if it's likely going to have to get new stationary at some point.
We're headed up into space, bigly, in these next few years. We have re-useable heavy launch now thanks to SpaceX, and there's a whole lot of Earthbound enterprises looking to do a whole lotta stuff in orbit that were just waiting for a ride up. They're about to have one now.
And of course they will soon bump into the Chinese, who are straight d!cks, will steal our technology, and do their best to impose themselves up in orbit over everyone else.
We're gonna need a Space Force. Regrettably. Anybody who isn't an idiot sees that. Plenty of idiots on the Dem side as well, and those listed often lead the list.
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 2:15 PM
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You know, Quo, I've seen you say numerous times that people are soon to be heading to space for tourism, work... all kinds of things. But, who in their right mind would want to go anywhere for a length of time where they could never go outside?
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 2:20 PM
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Vegas.
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 2:39 PM
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You do realize it's already happening, right? Some mega-rich dude paid "an unspecified amount" - meaning, he broke the bank to the tune of millions or more likely tens of millions - for SpaceX to launch him and three other civilians up into space for "charity". They touched down back on Earth just a few days back. I told you awhile back this day was coming...it's come and gone, the Big Space Race (For Profit, this time!) is on.
Elon surely didn't do it for free, I can promise you that. That's the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.dogonews.com/2021/9/21/spacexs-all-civilian-inspiration4-crew-completes-historic-mission SpaceX's All-Civilian Inspiration4 Crew Completes Historic Mission Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is known for making history. It was the first private spaceflight company to transport astronauts to the International Space Station and the first to develop a reusable rocket booster. On September 18, 2021, the American aerospace company did it again by completing the world's first-ever all-civilian mission to space.
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 2:40 PM
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(Update...the guy who paid for it, paid an estimated $220 million. Sorry. Didn't read the newer article closely enough.)
That's serious cheddar, and it's paving the road up there. Costs are going to drop dramatically the next few years as they scale up.
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 3:13 PM
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I don't disagree that once it is cheaper more people will go, but I just can't image that many people wanting to spend months or years someplace where they can never go outside. A week as a novelty, sure, but more than that? Count me out. I've seen pics of earth from space.
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Quoz, sorry...
Sep 24, 2021, 3:38 PM
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I'm no idiot, and this was big government waste concocted by a man child who wanted toys to play with.
Glad it's being destroyed. Good and hard.
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50% of that first sentence is incorrect.
Sep 24, 2021, 3:56 PM
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I'll let you decide which half is which.
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Sir...
Sep 24, 2021, 5:22 PM
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I hope CJ Spiller refuses to sign your kid's jersey tomorrow.
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Re: Quoz, sorry...
Sep 24, 2021, 4:32 PM
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No doubt it was, but the mission is still incredibly important...and necessary.
China's increasingly getting ahead of us in AI. In the short term they're developing an arsenal to combat our own satellites. The longer-term worry is that without a "space force" or some equivalent they could see orbit with automated killersats and essentially quarantine space for themselves. There's been more than passing speculation some of their moves are geared up for that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/trump-biden-pentagon-space-missiles-satellite.html
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Reports of Space Force's death are greatly exaggerated***
Sep 24, 2021, 1:37 PM
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 1:43 PM
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budget lol
they aint had a budget in a decade
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Good. Big government waste.
Sep 24, 2021, 3:36 PM
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Just to make a lame attempt to flex 'Merica. All that money down the tube.
Supporting the creation of Space Force is an anti-conservative move.
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 3:43 PM
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Gives me the sads. Like when Space Invaders got outdated. 
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Re: RIP Space Force
Sep 24, 2021, 4:40 PM
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Replaced by Illegal Immigrant Force.
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Space force was a branch of the air force
Sep 24, 2021, 6:23 PM
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not really anything new. They have been launching satellites and who knows what else for decades.
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I always thought that was extremely stupid of Trump***
Sep 24, 2021, 7:37 PM
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Hello USAF***
Sep 24, 2021, 9:26 PM
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Sounds good to me.***
Sep 27, 2021, 8:45 AM
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