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ErrorlessQuaak t1_jafmobk wrote

People in this subreddit don't care. People in general don't care, there isn't enough money in astronomy. They're not involved with astronomy as a science and this place is mostly devoted to discussions that are closer to science fiction. You'll just get pithy remarks about how astronomy should be spaced based now that don't acknowledge that the vast majority of observational work comes from ground based observatories and for good reason. /r/astrophysics might give you more discussion with interested parties.

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Goregue t1_jai4knc wrote

People here think that astronomy is just the pretty pictures that NASA releases from Hubble or the JWST. They have no idea how astronomy research works and choose to believe what they think is most comforting instead of listening to the experts who know what they are talking about.

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I_Heart_Astronomy t1_jaispfy wrote

> People here

People here are paid by Elon Musk to astroturf and simp for the commercialization of space.

Billionaires get to exploit a natural resource, and it's spun as if it's some great humanitarian effort for the third world.

I promise the people here using 3rd world internet access as an excuse to justify this don't give a single shit about 3rd world people or their internet access. They are paid to be here to propagandize the commercialization and exploitation of space for the benefit of billionaires.

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raptor2008 t1_jafzai1 wrote

At one time the vast majority of travel was by horse. Technology marches on.

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sexual--chocolate t1_jafomib wrote

Yeah nobody in this sub is interested in real research. It’s just a bunch of people who think that the end goal of humanity should be their favorite sci fi flick for some reason and that science is when you believe that anything is possible

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dgmckenzie t1_jagrmc4 wrote

The needs of the many out way the needs of the few

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