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		imhoguy on July 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moo... Ok, but to put a rocket in space you need a surrounding economy on a specific technological level which is costly resourcewise. Could SpaceX or NASA happen in e.g. Congo, Nepal or Papua New Guinea alone?

jjk166 on July 27, 2020 [–]

Well okay, we can stop exploring space when we dismantle the entire industrialized world.

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