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[Zathalus]

The Artemis moonbase program is supposed to be 20 BILLION.

By way of comparison, California alone spent 24 BILLION just to "combat homelessness".

So the entire moon program is cheaper than just ONE example of government graft and theft in the US.

I think Europe can afford to fix their own water issues

20 billion? The ISS alone has cost an estimated $150 billion so far. A moon base would require far more investment than that. Probably trillions.

 

[HRK69]

I wonder what the very first GAF post sent from the moon will actually say

 

[EviLore]

I wonder what the very first GAF post sent from the moon will actually say

I'll think about it

 

[Musashipan]

Who's gonna do it first? USA or China?
I hope USA

 

[Major Insano]

I wonder what the very first GAF post sent from the moon will actually say

'Moon base CCU since launch'

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I wonder what the very first GAF post sent from the moon will actually say

The gravity here is woke.

 

[Audiophile]

The gravity here is woke.

"Is moon gravity another woke slop?"

 

[IDKFA]

Who's gonna do it first? USA or China?
I hope USA

Probably the USA.

They are both competeing to get there first. Although the moon is big enough for both, AFAIK, the US and China are targeting the exact same piece of real estate in the Lunar South Pole.

The reason the South Pole is key is because that area potentially holds a lot of water ice, which can be split into oxygen to breathe, or converted into liquid hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel. There is a lot of money to be made for whoever gets first dibs.

I don't know how far China are, but I'd bet it's a very close race.

Same with AGI. Both nations are racing to crack that nut first, because whoever does becomes the supreme world superpower.

The next few decades will be dominated by US and China racing to achieve technological supremacy. It's going to be a hell of a race.

 

[MMaRsu]

I see nothing appealing about traveling 238,000 miles to live in a studio apartment made of aluminum foil. In 1000 years it will still be uninteresting with

• Liquor stores
• McDonalds & Chick fil A
• Strip Clubs
• and some random nigga yelling "ayo lemme holla at you right quick" through a space helmet.

I'll be long dead before we find that all female planet which is the only thing my punk ass would risk leaving earth for.

Spoiler

sadly fake

 

[GeekyDad]

I'd prefer NASA not take up space on the moon. We're gonna need all that for data centers.

Who do you think is funding this?

 

[Bojji]

Probably the USA.

They are both competeing to get there first. Although the moon is big enough for both, AFAIK, the US and China are targeting the exact same piece of real estate in the Lunar South Pole.

The reason the South Pole is key is because that area potentially holds a lot of water ice, which can be split into oxygen to breathe, or converted into liquid hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel. There is a lot of money to be made for whoever gets first dibs.

I don't know how far China are, but I'd bet it's a very close race.

Same with AGI. Both nations are racing to crack that nut first, because whoever does becomes the supreme world superpower.

The next few decades will be dominated by US and China racing to achieve technological supremacy. It's going to be a hell of a race.

Nvidia and other companies are selling AGI dream to those idiots and making massive amounts of money in the process.