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[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 1 year ago

And now the ISS will be decommissioned this decade and Tiangong will be the only space station in orbit.

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US should only be allowed to join if they abolish their space marine corps (or whatever they're called).

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Doesn’t China have one too? Like identical to the US space force?

All either branch does is cyberwarfare, they aren’t really doing anything in space at all. It was mostly for PR.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

... yet... they won't do much yet...

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Liberals drinking their own koolaid.

You'd think someone involved in this decision making process would ask literally anyone involved with NASA: Hey, if we deorbit the ISS, and give funding to private companies, they'll build us a better space station, cheaper, right?

[–] HaSch@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to Elon Musk in 2016, Space X would have produced an unmanned Mars mission by 2018; and according to him in 2020 there should have been cargo trips in 2022

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should start a version of the Interkosmos program instead

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago

that'd be pretty awesome

[–] AmerikaLosesWW3@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

America shooting itself in the foot.

Happens all the time