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Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by spiderfarmer »

arrozconcosas wrote: post #49
midasz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Women die because they're not allowed to abort nonviable fetuses that would also likely kill them. Seems very unsafe, I wouldn't want to be a woman there.

That is terrible. How often does this situation happen?

I don't know the statistics, but even if it happens only once, the authors of the policies in place should be prosecuted.

One stat that jumps out is that infant death rates are way up. Forcing women to complete their term anyway is sadistic and completely unnecessary.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by datadrivenangel »

tzs wrote: post #42
dylan604 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, as an American, you own them. NASA just administrates them for you. If you're a space faring private company, you contract out the various parts of the mission. You didn't build a rocket, you hired SpaceX. You didn't build the relay network, you licensed access time. You don't build a space observation platform, you license time to use them.

Which of those, or what else instead, did the specific company in this case do for this specific mission? That is what ethbr1 was asking.

Almost certainly NASA.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by spiderfarmer »

JackMorgan wrote: post #44
Shatnerz wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not moving my family to Texas, Florida, or Alabama, for anything. Beautiful states, but I have a daughter. Are women not safe in these states? I'm not sure I'm picking up whatever you are implying.

Rural states often are significantly less safe for women, e.g. Texas ranks much higher than the national average, although Alabama and Florida are quite low in this dimension. https://www.statista.com/statistics/232563/forcible-rape-rat...

Alaska: 134 per 100k, The Netherlands: 7.1 per 100k.

Something is very wrong in the USA.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by midasz »

arrozconcosas wrote: post #49
midasz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Women die because they're not allowed to abort nonviable fetuses that would also likely kill them. Seems very unsafe, I wouldn't want to be a woman there.

That is terrible. How often does this situation happen?

I'm not sure, how many women a year should we say is acceptable?

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by spiderfarmer »

jeremiahbuckley wrote: post #50
Communitivity wrote: post #8

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I’m confused about this from an economic standpoint. Assume you could put aside an additional $5k while living in these states, wouldn’t that provide a hedge for the medical needs of your daughter? If needed, you could then travel to a location that provides what you are concerned about. (Not to get hung up on “$5k”, you could substitute any arbitrary number for this cost-benefit judgement) If move opened the possibi…

I'm Dutch, an additional 5k per month would not buy me the feeling of safety I enjoy in the Netherlands. It's not just medical bills. It's also the crime and rape rates. You don't cover death and trauma with insurance.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by jdelman »

It's interesting how this feels like a big deal; when I learned of this yesterday, I almost forgot that there have been almost 30 missions to Mars (which I assume is much harder and more expensive) in the years since the last moon landing.

Re: Private company landing on the moon today

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Post by jdelman »

CartyBoston wrote: post #4

The spacecraft has an ad prominently displayed on itself, it's depressing. We will never reproduce the experience of 10 year old me watching the moon landing with my dad. It's all just egos and entertainment now.

That's because you were a child at the time. A child now will most likely have the same sense of awe and wonder you had, not the cynical point of view you've developed over time.
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