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Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by bluGill on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @12:10PM (#24062404)
Many of the colonies that make up the US and Canada were at one time controlled by the rich elite of the time. A few hundred years and they rebel to the point nobody even remembers them.
Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by jdm2212 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @02:49PM (#24064165)
That's actually the backstory of The Expanse. Earth colonized Mars, Mars eventually rebelled, and the resulting Mars-Earth competition to colonize the rest of the solar system drives much of the story.
Re:SpaceX test flight of Starship SN-5 [video] by sangnoir on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @01:32PM (#24063333)
I'm not sure why your statement is in the past tense.