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mk · 3619 days ago · link · · parent · post: SpaceX's first deep-space launch

I love the idea, and believe there is incredible value in it. People poke fun of Gore, but he is a thinker, not just a myopic politician. I was crushed when the election was taken from him in 2000. The US would be in a different place.

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user-inactivated · 3619 days ago · link ·

I also love the idea of sending a station to the midpoint between earth and sun's gravity. Lateral thinking.

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