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> Really? Yes, really. > Then how come Saudi's are "nice good guys" I have never heard that in my life. Saudi is one of the scariest places on Earth to me, I don't see anything nic…

I upvoted you because you bring a good point. You're at the bottom of the page because HN seems to think climate change is fake, so most comments that assume it is fact will be dow…

What do you mean? I really don't understand the point you are trying to make. Energy is a matter of national security primarily because our energy sources and distribution are dest…

> According to the ranking service Alexa, the top three sites in the United States, as of this writing, are Google, YouTube, and Facebook. (Porn, somewhat hearteningly, doesn’t cra…

> goes against the free market economy countries are trying to propel This is confusing. Canada and other countries are not "trying to propel" a free market. And well they shouldn'…

> Problem solved. That would imply that there is no climate change happening, as we would have priced in that externality and resolved the issue by now. Right? As it turns out, tha…

I sure don't. I'd like to, but most Republicans seem to want me to die. They vote out the very existence of people like me, denying our right to safety and to live as freely and op…

Are you referring to me? The article's author is clearly the troll here! The only thing above the fold is a statement baked in hateful ideology, clearly meant to anger and upset th…

> I'm having trouble imagining Republicans have have >89% support for robocalls Really? Why though? I would assume they do. Robocalls are the maximum free-market ideal communicatio…

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Those are external costs to customers, not internal SpaceX costs I believe. Super different because the profit margin is hidden there.

Source!? Falcon 9 cost is not even public is it? Your number is wayyyy too high to match with current SpaceX economics I think.

> Ok, Falcon 9 costs 62M$ just to bring something on earth orbit. That is false. Where are you getting your info? Falcon 9 costs a lot less than that to deliver cargo to LEO! And t…

Why not? I don't have evidence to support my following claim, but I think that having a stable home life with a supporting family, not subjected to unusual bankruptcies or bad fina…

> That would be a few hundred ships all launching at once Yes, that's the plan as described by Elon! Maybe not "all at once" but over the course of some days/weeks, yes. > I’m not …

> Today's launch is just a small modification of those ones No it wasn't. I think you misunderstand what today's mission was about and what it opens for the future. Today's launch …

> The thought of going on a one-way trip to Mars Oh my it's not a one-way ticket! Those people selling 1-way tickets were scammers. A key tenet of SpaceX seems to be that you can c…

That's definitely neat, but why not aim higher? Depending on your age? I'm in my 30s: My goal here is to live on Mars. SpaceX's colony is aimed at being able to support 1M people, …

Your anecdotes are not data. Here's the EPA saying fraking can contaminate water. https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-fracking-water-contamination-21... > People where the fracking is are…

1) There is a lot more to pollution that CO2. Is your example of reducing pollution really fraking and that alone? Fraking, which specifically makes drinking water unsafe ? I can't…

> Who is upvoting this stuff? HN is starved for conversation about this. There's a massively futuristic cyberwar happening between the US and Russia. Hackers galore, wild spy stori…

> idea guys&girls who are busy executing No, because those aren't 'idea people'. The phrase is meant for people who only come up with ideas and nothing else, it's not meant to desc…