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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by perl4ever on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:27PM (#28044004)
>We can extend modern medical care to the entire world

What do you mean by "modern" medical care?

Do you think that will make a significant difference in life expectancy?

The difference between, say, Rwanda and the USA is less than ten years, I believe. Comparable to the gender gap in some countries like Russia.

What about the gap between countries like the USA and UK versus Japan at the top? Is that important to close?

(My info from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...)

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by jasonwatkinspdx on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:35PM (#28044791)
Yes, it makes a substantial difference, particularly in child mortality.

Hans Rosling has been dead some years now, but used to do great talks going through the basic data and trends.

I'm not sure why you're adopting a tone of debate/rebuttal. Every problem you mention is something I think we should address exactly under what I said originally, whether its inequitable access to healthcare in the US, or straight up lack of modern facilities in low income nations.

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