Why do people always get so upset about spaceflight? There are plenty of other things the oligarchs can be legitimately criticised for yet people always obsess about this.
Because it’s become obvious to many people that these problems of climate and class-based wealth accumulation, cannot techohopiumed out of. Space exploration did lead do useful technology and scientific advancement, but in our current era our relationship to space is no longer star trek, it’s snowpiercer in space. The average person no longer has a positive view because they are crushed under a capitalist class that seeks to leave them behind, hence the comic.
Not to mention that any and all new research isn’t coming out of these companies, and is locked behind a paywall. They are actively stifling innovation by hoarding the data that used to give us neat things like Velcro.
I think this comic might be suggesting that they’re leaving the planet since it’s all used up and the worker is sitting there with nothing left on the planet as the rich flys off to another planet? I don’t think it’s specifically angry at space flight.
One thing this comic misses and is silly is that billionaires would die without the working/slave class and they know it. They need someone to produce their food, their luxury goods, nd maintain the machines. They don’t have that in space or mars. If the atmosphere becomes literally poisonous they will probably build a dome around their mansions.
Those domes better be rocket proof. Or just rock proof.
Also, they need customers.
Once the economy collapses, they just hoard slaves and servants and pay them with scraps.
Mmm, delicious, moist scraps…
Can’t eat the rich if you can’t reach the rich.
Excuse me, none of you are paid to reflect on our planet’s ability to sustain life being killed for the benefit of a few fantastically wealthy people.
Get back to work!
Wow, no panels showing how beneficial to shareholders it all was. Won’t someone think of the shareholders?
Are those piss jugs?
Asking the real questions.
Don’t worry, that rocket is new shepherd, so you can eat him when it comes back down in 30 min. New shepherd doesn’t get to orbit, it just does 100km hops straight up.
I just want to say you have such a musical, even melodious name. DaDaDaDa-DA, it flows so well <3
I like it too lol. But I cannot take credit for the cadence:
*slaps side*
You can fit so many tech bros in this thing.
Sorry fat politicians, maybe next trip.
Edit: Mystery Rocket SLAMS Dome Over Mysterious California City
Hmm, do you think if we over-reported the reliability statistics, we could get the tech bros to strap themselves to missiles sooner?
Or maybe convince them that DIY submarines are a good cheap alternative
I hear the Mariana Trench is beautiful this time of year
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