[badsectoracula]

You forgot the most important part: "answering the question of 'what can even go wrong?' with 'everything'."

This isn't about making stories on reusable rockets, it is about how those reusable rockets would affect the common man's life negatively. You know, "high tech, low life". Of course if that wouldn't make sense (cannot think how reusable rockets could affect everyday life, at least in a direct way), then it isn't much of a fit for Cyberpunk.

Framing Cyberpunk as only about networks, body augmentation and corporate feudalism is IMO too narrow and restricting - these can be the symptoms of high tech but they aren't the only thing that high tech can do or affect negatively.

I mean, what is next? Restricting Cyberpunk works to only be set at night while raining? :-P

[toyg]

That’s a pessimistic view of cyberpunk. “Maneki Neko” by Sterling is a short story about positive impacts of tech, should it not be considered cyberpunk? It certainly was included in the genre when it appeared.

I think you’re actually restricting the category more than I did.