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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2014673/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2014673/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Best Space Stock to Invest $100 in Right Now <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/launch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>launch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LaunchVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaunchVehicle</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RocketLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketLab</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpaceEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceExploration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCompany</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon </p><p>Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/nasa-drops-plan-first-woman-moon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/21/nasa-drops-plan-first-woman-moon</span></a></p><p>(The jewel of the USA, its best ambassador to the world, NASA, is facing the oligarchic abyss. One thing is certain though: so called "space economy" which lines the pockets of the super rich with taxpayer money, will go on no matter what.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>"Fired [NASA] workers warn cuts including closing of two offices will undermine agency work and increase costs"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/18/nasa-cuts-elon-musk-spacex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/18/nasa-cuts-elon-musk-spacex</span></a></p><p>N̶A̶S̶A̶ JPL fired 13% of their workforce under the Bill Nelson/#Biden administration, to free budget for the so called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceEconomy</span></a>, i.e. for subsidies to private companies, a.k.a. "socialism" for the rich, capitalism for the plebe. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> was treated preferentially by both administrations.</p><p>Trump is following the same policy in an ugly Trumpian way.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</p><p>Robert Heinlein wasn't referring to landing there, which is almost always trivial in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a>, but I find that novel's title suitable for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a>' trouble in landing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Athena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Athena</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>. </p><p>Government funded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceEconomy</span></a>, i.e. subsidizing private companies to supposedly get cheaper/quicker results, has yet to prove any of it is true. What is true though, is that it has made <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> richer. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> is not an accident. </p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon</span><span class="invisible">_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress</span></a></p>
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