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points by gustavus 3 days ago | 0 comments
Here's the thing I might not love Elon or everything he does and there are plenty of things to disagree with him about and I won't comment on him as a person

But I remember watching live when they launched a Tesla into Orbit, was it dumb, was it pointless and potentially wasteful? Sure, but that moment seeing humanity once again reach out to the stars I could feel it deep in my bones the space race was starting again.

Sure have lots of problems down here but the eternally yearning of humanity to extend out our hands to grasp the cosmos, to touch heaven is a pursuit I think highly worthwhile.

[–] batperson 3 days ago
There's that one photo with a dummy driver in a red tesla and in the background you can see the earth. I think it's one of the best photos ever, part of it is the absurdity of the fact that it exists at all.
[–] titzer 3 days ago
He denied it, but it was absolutely a reference to the opening sequence to the cult classic Heavy Metal.
[–] jtari3333 3 days ago
Elon turning the concept of space into the vanity project of a mentally unstable man child kinda sucks though. Makes it hard to give a shit knowing he is personally profitting from it.
[–] hackyhacky 3 days ago
Not just profiting from it, but then reinvesting that money into subverting democracy
[–] _dark_matter_ 3 days ago
*attempting to subvert democracy. But he may yet succeed.
[–] psunavy03 3 days ago
I dunno, based on yesterday, the ROI on that seems to be kind of shit.
[–] andsoitis 3 days ago
> Here's the thing I might not love Elon or everything he does and there are plenty of things to disagree with him about and I won't comment on him as a person.... humanity once again reach out to the stars I could feel it deep in my bones the space race was starting again.

No need to caveat / apologize for things you admire.

[–] aliasxneo 3 days ago
We just need someone who can pass the purity test and then we can all celebrate these things. Until then we're not allowed to feel happy about it.
[–] everyone 3 days ago
Yes, he turned space from an obscure realm of nerds into a cringe man-baby grifter domain.