That’s why space is privatized

KeK

yeah except NASA actually returns a profit when you consider all the technologies it develops being used elsewhere in the economy

Who cares?

also asteroid mining may be one of the most profitable ventures in human history

Why are you bringing profit into this? I am talking any innovation

I really don’t get it

You’re a socialist

Well first off

because if it profits, then it's basically free

muhh asteroid mining

NASA is too big to actually be efficient

some real retard-brained takes in this server

Do you support Elon musk going after a 700 quintillion dollar rock @Diogenes

do you actually know what I stand for @Chris Senor?

Well you are a socialist

I actually laid this out explicitly for you

That's.... That's not how it works...

Why tf would the govt even give them money in that case?
NASA isn't a company

And you’ve said eat the rich multiple times

I stand for capitalism with a some very strong socialist policies

Big issue: we live very far from the asteroid belt. The resources needed to go to the belt, mine and go back, even without any incident (which I doubt) still wouldn't be worth what you bring back

false

In the future who knows

Not if you’re Musj

And also we are close to the inner belt

"close"

distance is a whole lot more complicated in space

Well in space terms

Bruh we can't go to Mars without putting a tiny compartment on a massive rocket

“Close”

KeK

It's extremely inefficient

going to mars is way harder than you might think

and nobody's saying we can do it now

asteroid mining is a future endeavour, not a current one

it's inevitable that rocket technology will improve

Well I’m a big advocate for solar windshields

yea they could work

I'm personally banking on ion engines tho

I think that’s pretty good way to travel