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pearable@lemmy.ml 9 months agoI think artificial scarcity can be effective even in a space fairing society.
Comment on Anon doesn't know how to respond
pearable@lemmy.ml 9 months agoI think artificial scarcity can be effective even in a space fairing society.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Yeah but that’s only possible in a system where only a few entities are in total control of the space fairing, otherwise anyone could just go find their own unclaimed asteroid or comet to strip down for parts and come back with the entire net worth of a country.
crapwittyname@lemm.ee 9 months ago
A society where only a few entities are in total control of space exploration is literally where we live, right now.
Space is hard. You need incredibly long supply chains and tons of bespoke parts, materials, infrastructure and experience just to get a few kg to a low orbit. All of those things, and the means and contacts to procure those things, are in the hands of the elite, and they’re not letting go.
For a person or small collective to be able to independently carry out space missions would need a complete overhaul of our society to the point where it’s semi-utopian.