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PoindexterOglethorpe

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37. Not gonna happen. Not inour lifetimes, probably not ever.

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 11:37 AM

Oct 25

I'm currently reading "A City On Mars" by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. One of the most interesting things I've ever read.

As has already been pointed out, only a relative handful of people -- fewer than a thousand -- have ever lived in space. It cost millions of dollars just to send one person up at a time. Living conditions on the ISS are apparently truly awful. The place apparently smells just awful, and I've read that most newly arrived astronauts are very space sick for a week or so.

The other issue is that we have no idea if we can actually reproduce in zero gravity, or the micro gravity of the Moon or Mars. I'm surprised they've never tried to breed mice or gerbils in space, but no one ever has.

And yes, the promise of flying or self-driving cars has been made for a century now.

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Bezos says 'millions of people' will be living in space by 2045 - and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon [View all] dalton99a Oct 25 OP

Hey Bezos, don't be stupid. It's not the technology we're afraid of. It's the politics. Walleye Oct 25 #1

Dream on Aviation Pro Oct 25 #2

Egad. With luck, the billionaire class will flock to take the maiden trip. Too bad that allegorical oracle Oct 25 #36

Won't happen lonely bird Oct 25 #3

They should build a ballroom to house his mind, too. bucolic_frolic Oct 25 #4

Bezos has lost his mind. spanone Oct 25 #5

Nope.................. Lovie777 Oct 25 #6

"Visionaries" Have Been Saying That For 50+ Years ProfessorGAC Oct 25 #7

Avery Brooks sums up that promise in this commericial. Collimator Oct 25 #16

Me too! MorbidButterflyTat Oct 25 #46

LOLOLOLOL FalloutShelter Oct 25 #51

That's because the GOP has blocked every attempt at scientific research. Initech Oct 25 #48

Perhaps ProfessorGAC Oct 25 #49

Shut. The. Fuck. Up. hatrack Oct 25 #8

Beat me to it orangecrush Oct 25 #29

gawd that woman, WTF is that Skittles Oct 25 #55

She has a need to have maximum boobage showing at all times Ritabert Oct 25 #60

she is gross Skittles Oct 25 #61

Agreed. Ritabert Oct 26 #65

I'd bet money that that will never happen. ananda Oct 25 #9

And the Missus snowybirdie Oct 25 #10

He travels with his own flotation device leftstreet Oct 25 #26

... orangecrush Oct 25 #30

Bezos is a damaged asshole with a hole inside him that no amount of money will fill. Scrivener7 Oct 25 #11

I hope he spends his own money. 58Sunliner Oct 25 #12

Stay tuned for more exciting episodes of "Moronicus and Dementia"! struggle4progress Oct 25 #13

How the f are millions of people supposed to get there? Is he giving out free rides? eShirl Oct 25 #14

How long JBTaurus83 Oct 25 #15

Just another place to bombard us with ads. n/t flvegan Oct 25 #17

Who wants to live in a tin can in space? Jacson6 Oct 25 #18

Zero gravity sex? MorbidButterflyTat Oct 25 #45

By 2045 the world economy will have collapsed due to high unemployment cause by robots taking all the jobs. patphil Oct 25 #19

I turns out people dont function all that well Johonny Oct 25 #20

Bezos will probably start several new companies - one of them will be manufacturing and selling full-body lead suits dalton99a Oct 25 #22

We'll have to as our planet will become uninhabitable due to climate change surfered Oct 25 #21

He said "millions," though, not the billions... ColoringFool Oct 25 #57

Well those two would fit. They already look like 👽👽👾🛸 Polly Hennessey Oct 25 #23

Because the oligarch elite plan to make earth unliveable with total ignoring climate change hlthe2b Oct 25 #24

Here's the money shot: bluesbassman Oct 25 #25

+1 dalton99a Oct 25 #27

All those robot replaced workers can get jobs programming and repairing the robots, right? bluesbassman Oct 25 #35

What a Rebl2 Oct 25 #28

I think they just dangle space to give some people hope TheFarseer Oct 25 #31

How long before the 99% use their mass The Madcap Oct 25 #34

If they get AI drones and robot attack dogs TheFarseer Oct 25 #50

Newsflash - There won't be less crime on the moon. taxi Oct 25 #32

So twenty years from now The Madcap Oct 25 #33

We wouldn't need "flights" MorbidButterflyTat Oct 25 #44

Not gonna happen. Not inour lifetimes, probably not ever. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 25 #37

I also recommend the book Retrograde Oct 25 #41

And hoverboards? MorbidButterflyTat Oct 25 #43

Both him and his wife are brain damaged botox idiots. kimbutgar Oct 25 #38

He is truly delusional. milestogo Oct 25 #39

Let's start with Bezos, Musk, and Trump. Luciferous Oct 25 #40

Apparently MorbidButterflyTat Oct 25 #42

We can't even keep planes in the air! Initech Oct 25 #47

I have a bridge to sell to Bezos sakabatou Oct 25 #52

Does he expect us to worship him as a god DBoon Oct 25 #53

Please warn us before you show us that picture Keepthesoulalive Oct 25 #54

He's nuts! N/T ColoringFool Oct 25 #56

Oh, yes please! Let's jettison the rich fucks into space! JoseBalow Oct 25 #58

High on his own supply Red Mountain Oct 25 #59

And the billionaire class could cut off the oxygen for the space dwellers if they became an inconvenience. raccoon Oct 26 #62

Sheeee-it, man, like my job's commuting ain't enough? DFW Oct 26 #63

Elysium isn't just a movie.... MaeScott Oct 26 #64

Inner space or outer space lol? miyazaki Oct 26 #66

'E's a loon, 'e is! Maeve Oct 26 #67

There is "space" all right, and it is between Bozos's ears. n/t valleyrogue Oct 26 #68

"I don't see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now," LudwigPastorius Oct 26 #69