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10. You could spend hundreds of trillions

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:05 AM

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You would still not be able to build a sustainable space colony.

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Is WALL-E our A.I. future? Billionaires in orbit above dead earth? [View all] IA8IT 11 hrs ago OP

Yes. JBTaurus83 11 hrs ago #1

Somebody is reading too many scifi novels. valleyrogue 10 hrs ago #2

How about dweller 10 hrs ago #3

i like that idea. FoxNewsSucks 9 hrs ago #4

*sad Neuro-sama noises* sakabatou 9 hrs ago #5

No, living in space sucks. LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #7

Underground "bunkers," with amenities befitting billionaires. ColoringFool 5 hrs ago #8

Bones decay in space. Justice matters. 4 hrs ago #9

Also radiation edhopper 2 hrs ago #11

You could spend hundreds of trillions edhopper 2 hrs ago #10