>I feel like maybe we've needed an "OceanX" before a "SpaceX"

SpaceX is based on the idea that our planet will someday be uninhabitable, so we need to be ready to colonize other planets. The sooner we start, the sooner we get there.

OceanX might be fun science, but it's not going to save us.

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taffydavid 22 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

No, spaceX is based on the idea that Elon Musk likes rockets but loves money. The IPO proves that - the company pivoted to renting server capacity through xAI and pushing a ridiculous plan to put server farms in space via their constantly exploding starship as a means to inflate stock and make him a trillionaire.

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Espressosaurus 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Colonizing another planet will never be easier than our own biosphere. That claim for SpaceX is pure nonsense.

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totetsu 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The human condition is delicate and mortal, when you realise this you realise how important it is to do everything you can for Elon Musk while he's still alive

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		Did you buy SpaceX stock? Will you buy more and keep buying?
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altmanaltman 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The implication that SpaceX will "save us" is quite funny. If that was something the world truly worried about, our hopes cannot be on an american private company that might or might not save someone depending on their preferences or their political views.

The whole idea that we can simply pop off earth and colonize another planet is literally insane. There is a reason why no governement across the world is treating colonizing mars as a serious mission.

It is the same marketing technique as "AI WILL DESTROY THE WORLD so we must make it" fear-mongering based marketing. Of course a rocket company wants people to colonize mars, doesn't mean its going to "save" humanity.

	▲	fsckboy 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>The implication that SpaceX will "save us" is quite funny. nobody implied that. some people state the hope for it but that does not include me, I simply explained why OceanX does not satisfy SpaceX's goals. everybody on this site is interested in the topic of exploring other planets in any solar system. that's all SpaceX is trying to do, but because of extraneous irrational unmet emotional needs people here simply lose their shit when the topic of SpaceX comes up. Meanwhile, SpaceX will continue to be NASA's primary subcontractor. "Les chiens aboient, la caravane passe." (The dogs bark. The caravan passes.)