@carlysagan

Like The Beatles said:

And in the end
The carbon you take
Is equal to the carbon
you make

I kinda think whether Musk knows it or not, is consciously aware of it or not, for every action he and his companies undertake to reduce the climate crisis, he and his companies undertake an equal and opposite action to worsen it.

In this way he reminds of the worst kind of cynical Wall Streeter: never interested in investing per se, but eager to make money on the way up and on the way down

@carlysagan In between arms races we're having idiocy races around the competition, who's polluting space "best", serving rich but fragile egos.

#SpacePollution #Space #SpaceX #MuskSuX

@carlysagan @Lundemo

I think it was an awesome attempt. I have a feeling they’re going to make it work soon. With more than 100 metric tons to LEO for less than $10/pound, many of the companies building the servicing craft will be able to put their devices in orbit, where they will get busy de-orbiting a lot of the dead and spent Russian and Chinese 2nd and third stages that comprise the majority of the dangerous space debris.

@carlysagan One thing I do NOT want to see is rich people escaping to terraformed or domed city colonies on the Moon or Mars while most of humanity suffocates in the pollution the wealthiest 10-20% made.

If people like Elon Musk try to escape a dying planet by rocket, the rest of the world should close the skies to them and block their escape by any means necessary.

Thankfully, intersteller distances protect us from the "Columbus Scenario" of the whole planet getting what Turtle Island got due to invasion from another star system. It also keeps future human wannabe Columbuses from trying to colonize the whole damned galaxy at the expense of whoever is already out there.