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technofuture8 t1_j4kntwf wrote

None of this is going to happen without SpaceX's Starship rocket. The Starship rocket will change spaceflight forever!!!!! Seriously people, the Starship rocket will allow full scale space colonization to begin. The Starship rocket is so revolutionary it's not even funny!!!

Hail Elon Musk!!!! Praise be to Elon!!!!!

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OptimisticSkeleton t1_j4l7f2l wrote

Those dastardly Chinese scientists destroyed our moon habitat! Better make assault rifles that work in space.

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https://youtu.be/TV-8rDmAhYY

Edit: for those who seem upset it’s a reference to the Apple TV show For All Mankind.

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queezus77 t1_j4lbe27 wrote

This is a recipe for disaster wrapped in a bad idea wrapped in a bad ideology. But jeez the Chinese sure sound real spooky don’t they?

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_retzle_ t1_j4lm4wq wrote

They should focus on cleaning up junk and clearing the way for future endeavors.

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decomposition_ t1_j4m8m33 wrote

Replying to luciel_1 (#1,377,031)

It makes me happy to see comment sections on this subreddit go against the grain when it comes to most of Reddit about Elon Musk. Most of the time people get tunnel vision and won’t allow themselves to admit or acknowledge the amazing things SpaceX is doing due to their emotional attachment of hatred for Elon Musk (although much of his criticism is well deserved)

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Apophis223 t1_j4manwf wrote

Replying to pizzafacemelvin (#1,378,129)

Lol the terminator is going to shine a light bulb at me!

Seriously though, plasma weapons will remain firmly in the realm of science fiction. As soon as plasma is introduced to a STP environment, it expands to fill the available volume and becomes a regular gas again. Kind of hard to shoot someone with that.

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hawkwings t1_j4mhu7r wrote

Are these satellites that move other satellites? It might be useful to have a few up there to move things on short notice.

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fractal_disarray t1_j4mk6sv wrote

USA be like: "space is for peace faring nations"

Also USA: let's blow some shit up in space, guys.

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apworker37 t1_j4ml8k9 wrote

Call it $1,000 per lbs to send up. It’s going to cost the taxpayers.

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Decronym t1_j4mlk6i wrote

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |DoD|US Department of Defense| |ITS|Interplanetary Transport System (2016 oversized edition) (see MCT)| | |Integrated Truss Structure| |JAXA|Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |MCT|Mars Colonial Transporter (see ITS)| |STP|Standard Temperature and Pressure| | |Space Test Program, see STP-2| |STP-2|Space Test Program 2, DoD programme, second round|

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JohSpell t1_j4mm4c7 wrote

Glad I started training my kids for battle school early.

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thecaptcaveman t1_j4n07um wrote

How they gonna do that? They won't be using rockets. What will they use?

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Lanaforge t1_j4nbr89 wrote

The military has plenty air training ranges. When they’re not in use, they work pretty much the same as normal airspace. When they’re hot, traffic is just vectored around them, under them, or over them.

Trouble with this though, due to the cost of moving stuff around up there, a space range would effectively be exclusive use.

That being said, space is vast and three dimensional. I’d have to see how big a slice they’re asking be set aside. Chances are, it’s not a lot.

Good luck getting them to say what’s happening up there, though.

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Grey___Goo_MH t1_j4ni7dh wrote

Are these like the giant bubble in enders game where they bounce around in odd formations playing laser tag? because yes please it’s 2023 laser tag needs an upgrade

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drumscrubby t1_j4nl5ke wrote

Can we solve the whole, earth water people food situation first?

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smitty2963 t1_j4nwor0 wrote

Will it be pistols and phasers? Or just long range lazer muskets? Oh and will it be a private range?

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Kitchen_Philosophy29 t1_j4nzdjk wrote

Replying to enddream (#1,379,162)

Unfortunately, china already is. Defenses are a lot harder to make than offense

I try to just recognize the side benefits of more money and tech into space.

But also there are a ton of natural resources. There is an insane amount of titanium on the moon. Even if they dropped it through orbit and lost most of it. It would be insanely valuable. More likely they will use it to build. The moon is a pretty outstanding launchpad.

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saquonbrady t1_j4o590o wrote

Can someone explain to me exactly what the space force does? Do they get to go into space?

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whatevrmn t1_j4o65hj wrote

We can't get health care, but we can get an extra branch of the military to pay for.

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longpenisofthelaw t1_j4oh2du wrote

Replying to saquonbrady (#1,381,825)

From what iv been told they just mostly handle military satellites honestly they were already doing functions other branches of the military were doing and no on in the military sees a point in it other than making a political statement by a certain president…

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LA_search77 t1_j4ojj7u wrote

With so many taxpayers in need of help, we got a department in search of a purpose.

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simcoder t1_j4ou69k wrote

So what happens if another nation frowns upon these sorts of shenanigans?

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SillyPuppy5 t1_j4ov90k wrote

Thats war strategy 101 : set up "temporary" training ranges

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night_dude t1_j4oyrg4 wrote

chanting Ender's Game... Ender's Game... Ender's Game...

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davtruss t1_j4ozwoz wrote

This sounds like an excellent opportunity to practice by figuring out how to collect or reroute space junk. It seems that space junk could threaten global satellite health as much as a committed enemy.

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redcowerranger t1_j4qd0gs wrote

Replying to Adorable-Effective-2 (#1,379,137)

When it comes to the military, it's always for weapons in some way. This seems to be about training to do satellite maneuvers, and it mentions GPS, but this maneuver training would be the exact same for a GPS satellite as an Orbital Bombardment satellite

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