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Re:Television is 100 years old today by sodafountan on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:30PM (#46771070)
It's certainly not routine, but I'd say the privatization of the space industry that's unfolded over the last few decades is significant progress.

When I get depressed and look out at the world, I'm actually amazed at what I'm living through—the internet, space travel, electric and autonomous cars, smartphones. It's really amazing.

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Re:Television is 100 years old today by account42 on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @06:00AM (#46778369)
"Progress" towards what? The average dystopian sci-fi story where the galaxy is ruled by mega-corporations?
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Re:Television is 100 years old today by sodafountan on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:15PM (#46784881)
SpaceEx has made a ton of progress in space travel, granted it's not an ideal situation with it being a mega corp, but it moved a hell of a lot faster than NASA could have.

Perhaps someday we'll have individualized space flight like we have ownership over our cars and private planes.

Don't know what you're getting at by saying the galaxy will be ruled by mega-corps. Seems pretty democratic so far, and most of the things achieved couldn't have been without organization.

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