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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

To be fair it's looking increasingly likely that it will be China and not the US that will be making actual moon bases.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For sure. Maybe once every few months the US will contract spaceX to throw a tesla at the PRC's moon base just to be annoying.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

like how they used to catapult rotting corpses into besieged enemy walls to spread pestilence. lol

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Increasingly likely" is undercutting it.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

haha yeah it's almost certain at this point