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That's fine and all, but let's make it a public good from the start. Seems to me that allowing spooks and billionaires to do whatever the fuck they want up there is a bad, bad idea.

And let's keep track of what we're missing out on: How much environmental damage is being done? How many science teachers annual salaries did they just burn?

Is it not a little repugnant to be working towards space tourism for billionaires, at great expense to our natural resources and biosphere? And this while millions die from hunger for the lack of a tenth of Bezos' fortune (built on exploitation and union busting, among other fuckery).

Good things may come of this yet, but think of the opportunity cost. Good things come from science teachers too. Good things come from global stability and not letting hungry people die. Do a cost/benefit analysis while leaving these fuckers enormous egos out of the equation, and explain to me how it makes any fucking sense at all.