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Here we go again...
Why I remember almost 6 years ago, after the Virgin Galactic crash, when we debated the merits of humans in space.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8540279
Anyway, I think I lost and people were confident that Virgin Galactic would soon be back.
I’ll just repost one of my summary thoughts. The entire thread is worth reading. It’ll probably be repeated in some form today.
“ Someone dying is devastating. Trying to conquer space a handful of people at a time is the slow and dangerous way of accomplishing this task. We should be building machines to explore the solar system. This can be done for a fraction of the cost, time, and it will allow him to allow us to iterate quickly. In 100 years, more humans will live off earth if we iterate with machines, etc now than if we move slowly trying to reduce the risk in order to keep humans safe.“