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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by ryanSrich on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:17PM (#25338438)
> it's nobler and more feasible to protect and improve this planet than settle another one

That's an incredibly short sighted argument. As if this planet will last forever. I don't get this attitude at all. It's like saying why plan for the future at all!

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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by bumby on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:20PM (#25338483)
It's probably a matter of convention. We consider solar a renewable resource even though the sun will eventually die out. Humans are wired to think little beyond generational timelines, not geological ones.
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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by ryanSrich on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:24PM (#25338540)
Entropy waits for no man.
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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by webmaven on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @11:24AM (#25347347)
> Entropy waits for no man.

"I am no man!" — Eowyn

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