Skiluros@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWeapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkWeapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988arstechnica.comSkiluros@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareSkiluros@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s not out of this world for the type of tech that is being discussed, especially considering costs in the US are very high.
minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s like half of NASA’s entire budget. From a risk mitigation perspective, this is a case of fighting the last war. We know the war that is coming: it’s climate collapse. We don’t need faster rockets, we need high speed rail.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 day ago That’s not out of this world for the type of tech genocidal empire
That’s not out of this world for the type of tech that is being discussed, especially considering costs in the US are very high.
It’s like half of NASA’s entire budget.
From a risk mitigation perspective, this is a case of fighting the last war. We know the war that is coming: it’s climate collapse. We don’t need faster rockets, we need high speed rail.