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purr-rat beauty

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2. The idea of floating around in orbit...

Reply to IA8IT (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 PM

7 hrs ago

....is juvenile at best, you will be exposed to harsh conditions ( like radiation ) and all it takes is 1 person losing their shit to fuck it up for many.

Like, why can't we develop technology that can help us grow with this planet, not destroy it.

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Is WALL-E our A.I. future? Billionaires in orbit above dead earth? [View all] IA8IT 7 hrs ago OP

Let's get a head start on it and put them in orbit now struggle4progress 7 hrs ago #1

The idea of floating around in orbit... purr-rat beauty 7 hrs ago #2

Or Elysium? LearnedHand 7 hrs ago #3

That was such a good movie FoxNewsSucks 5 hrs ago #4

It was, and I think about it often LearnedHand 5 hrs ago #5

"In Time" is another great one FoxNewsSucks 4 hrs ago #6