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by krapp 531 days ago
> If we ever fight wars in space it will be done by computers trying to out maneuver eachother over millions of miles.

It's entertainment. Dogfights in space with pew-pew lasers are entertaining and make intuitive, if not technical, sense to people who understand how aircraft work. Drones making slight corrective maneuvers and sniping each other at light-second distances isn't entertaining.