Russell GarnerDon't want to piss on anyone's chips, and I definitely tuned in, but I'm slightly underwhelmed by us going for a jaunt round the moon. Everything is so dire down here, I'd be happier to see clean energy initiatives, or diplomatic breakthroughs, or the puncturing of the worldwide far right. I don't derive a lot of hope from seeing people burn more fuel to do things we've already done, this isn't For All Mankind.
Sigillo SacroI'll piss on anyone's space travel chips anyday, without shame. How silly to spend trillions on something so grandly useless to anyone but a few very rich people who wish to get *even richer*
@siin well. A bunch of clever people I like were happy about it. And we're not happy enough on balance.
@siin I want other people to remember what it is to be happy. This just seems like an alien (to me) way to do it, if you'll excuse the barely-a-pun
slotek@rgarner @siin It's a nice shiny distraction, but who is happy about the prospect of mining the moon (besides energy barons and the tech-bro elite who want to seed Earth 2.0 with their superior DNA 🙄)?
Maybe we could have shot off some fireworks to christen a couple hundred billion dollars worth of windmills instead.