• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Do you think rockets burn unicorn farts and exhaust pixie dust?

    By that logic, pretty much any activity we do exacerbates the crisis. The climate is not being fucked because we’re launching rockets, save your passion for those issues where it actually matters.

    we do not want to “start manufacturing in space”

    Speak for yourself.

    • MrSmith@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      By that logic, pretty much any activity we do exacerbates the crisis

      Almost the right conclusion. Some activity exacerbates more than other. Sending rockets to space is the “more” one.

      The climate is not being fucked because we’re launching rockets

      Exactly! Not yet. Let’s keep it that way.

      I understand we’re all fans of science-fiction here, and especially gullible when billionaires promise us “colonies in Mars next year”, but try to keep it grounded since manufacturing isn’t even sustainable yet here on earth.