William HamiltonFeb 14

Have to give *The Beaverton* props for citing Manuel García O’Kelly-Davis in their piece on Elon Musk’s moon base mountebankery.

[EDIT: They forgot to bracket all the articles when they quoted Manny.]

#Humour #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/02/elon-musk-downgrades-empty-mars-colony-pledge-to-empty-lunar-colony-pledge/

Elon Musk downgrades empty Mars Colony pledge to empty Lunar Colony pledge

BROWNSVILLE, TX - Tech visionary Elon Musk astounded observers when he set aside more than a decade of unfulfilled vows to colonize the Red Planet in favour of the seemingly more modest goal of failing to colonize the Moon by decade’s end. 

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Show threadMathiasTCK.bsky.socialAug 5, 2025
TrumpElon have me picturing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moo... Preceded by The Rolling Stones (shared character) " #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. #Heinlein about a #LunarColony 's revolt against #AbsenteeRule from planet Earth."

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress -...
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Wikipedia

Show threadMycotropicSep 26, 2023

@uspolitics

My kid accumulated $230 in lunch debt and the only way to pay it off was to make one $100 payment online each day for two days and the a $50 payment on the third day. The system was so ridiculous that it couldn't take more than $100 at a time. Our state has supposedly gone to all free lunch this year but I'm assuming a bill will show up at some point!
#TISTAFL There Is Such a Thing As a Free Lunch*

*With a nod to Heinlein's #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress which is the origin of TANSTAFL

Frank HenningerAug 3, 2023
As a fan of #scifi I've sadly read very little of #asimov I've mostly gone for lighter, less deep, fare. #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress from #heinlein or #Bova 's #Mars. Occasionally I'd dig into #Xeelee with #Baxter however after watching #Foundation S01E01 I've got to say I've missed out.
MycotropicMay 10, 2023

@madelainetaylor #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress plays that out and concludes that putting your criminals and sociopaths at the top of your gravity well is a bad idea.
#SciFi #Bookstodon

Lastly, why isn't there a movie of this book?

Show threadjack the nonabrasiveJan 10, 2023

@ridetheory Compare that to my sister doing me the favor of having me read #UrsulaLeGuin's #TheDispossessed, which both lessened the inflammation created by #RobertHeinlein's #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress and immunized me against #AynRand's work.

That changed my life for good, and prevented me from taking that crap seriously.

Show threadCabinet DergJan 20, 2019
@hazzardwolf #TheMoonIsAHarshMistress