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Blue Origin rocket explodes during test in latest setback for Jeff Bezos-owned company (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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Ooo, me so sad...

Call me old-fashioned (I am a bit) but these effing billionaires burn money and pollute their undeserving little botoxed faces off while there is so much that such money could do to improve conditions here on Earth.

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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No personnel were harmed in the incident, the company said on social media, calling the explosion an ‘anomaly’

Paging @SenatorCollins@aussie.zone

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks for saying that. I wouldn't have made fun otherwise. I'd have just been livid.

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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, I see he's on top of the situation already: https://aussie.zone/post/33129874/23196570

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

When an expert was contacted for comment about why the rocket exploded, Katy Perry said "Cause, baby, you're a firework!"

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 1 point 4 months ago

🤣 🤣 🤣

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I don't think a single poor person would be better off, if no money was spent on spaceflight. In the grand scheme of things, space budgets are hardly even a rounding error.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 7 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I see it differently. Even one thousand dollars, let alone 20 billion, which is the ballpark for expenditure on NASA for example, spent wisely, would help disadvantaged people as well as nature. Even though it is a small part of the overall US budget, it's still a lot of money.

I am not against funding NASA, not at all, but the billionaires who spend money on rockets for space tourists and the like, annoy me no end.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 point 4 months ago (6 children)

I am not against funding NASA, not at all, but the billionaires who spend money on rockets for space tourists and the like, annoy me no end.

Why? This is probably one of the things I least hate about them, at least they're advancing humans in a positive way unlike say a superyacht

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

Are they though?

NASA did shit and had to create new clever things for budget reasons. And the end goal was information, understanding, science.

These rich assholes are basically burning money trying to make Space Yachts.

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[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I don't see that as advancing humans.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

So you don't think much of Starlink? Reusable rockets?

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[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Sattelite internet sucks.

For the cost of Starlink we could have run fiber everywhere, twice.

Plus any money put into Space X enriches Nazi asshoke Elon Musk. Even if Starlink cures cancer its a net loss because he is such a collossal drain on society.

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Idk about the curing cancer bit but yeah, starlink can fuck all the way off. It would be a great worker-owned resource but it’s just greed for musk et al.

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -2 points 4 months ago

Sattelote internet sucks.

Yeah it did, until starlink came along

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 0 points 4 months ago

Katie Parry: I got the eye of the tiger! Or somebody's eyeballs! Ew!