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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 224 points 1 year ago

There's absolutely no way a space hotel will be operational in 2027.

But it's more likely than public healthcare in the USA in 2027.

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 year ago

I mean maybe some billionaire will convince (pay) NASA to dock some capsule with a sleeping bag to the ISS and other billionaires can go sleep in that sleeping bag. It is technically a hotel, but it will definitively not be like in the picture...

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

If some idiot breaks every rule like with the submarine, maybe they'll get one up there. And then kill everyone in it.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

They can get their nephew who's good at the "space games" to pilot the ship too!

Cheap bastards won't even chip in for a decent HOTAS or a hall effect modded elite controller I bet.

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[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

Since it’s going to be rich clowns that make the trip up there, I’m fine with both happening.

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[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 10 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

He wants to go to Mars. Hopefully he will stay there. And run out of air.

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I think he just wants to send other people to Mars.

And it's possible that he really just wants to send military and commercial satellites into orbit but to dangle the promise of Mars as marketing.

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[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

How many seats do democrats need to make a singlepayer option without Republican help?

Supermajority in both Senate and House?

Genuine question, I'm not overly familiar with the nitpicks.

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I don't know, but first they need a leader who's actually interested in singlepayer in the first place.

Biden has consistently shown himself willing to change his position on almost any matter as long as his colleagues and constituents show it too.

2008 had a lot regular Democrats spooked about big bad single payer. With younger representatives he'd definitely be on board when the will starts showing.

[-] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bare minimum 60 in the Senate and 218 in the house, a long with a president that supports it. But given that many Democrats take money from health insurance companies and have a vested interest in stopping universal healthcare, you'd probably need a supermajority (2/3) in both houses to pass it, as some Dems will inevitably vote against it.

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[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's pretty much impossible for something to implode in space. You're already in a vacuum so there is no ambient pressure to press on an object.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago
[-] odium@programming.dev 56 points 1 year ago

It can however explode, since there's more pressure on the inside.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

I guess that's okay... I guess...

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[-] flossdaily@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

The solution is so simple. Vote overwhelming for progressive, and get rid of the centrists and Republicans.

We'd have free, universal healthcare within a couple of years.

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 year ago

First you need overwhelming numbers to join the Democrat party to make sure a progressive candidate gets leadership of the party. Otherwise it will just be Hillary Clintons beating out Bernie Sanders every time.

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[-] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

Assuming USA, it unfortunately means doing this in the primaries. Good luck getting people to show up to those and vote progressive.

[-] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Simple isn't always easy.

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[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

It flies like a Hilton, but handles like a Motel-Six.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This sounds like a line from The Simpson’s.

I can see Gil saying this at the used space hotel dealership.

[-] rob64@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago

Not far off: Futurama. "She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro."

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[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

The only consolation is that a billionaire that stays up there has a high probability of exploding in a fiery death. It helps me sleep at night knowing that.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Like that duche that imploded in the sea. News was freaking out, meanwhile I was like "nothing of value was lost"

[-] Zana@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

I'm not so sure about that, that kid didn't want to be there. Everyone else thought, yeah.

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[-] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I think those that can afford a space hotel do not worry about healthcare.

[-] dbilitated@aussie.zone 25 points 1 year ago

no no billionaires only implode on makeshift submersibles, in space they explode

[-] revlayle@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

So this is how Elysium starts?

[-] jenniebuckley@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

yeah and scientists have been "just a few years away" from preventing the aging process for about 25 years now. I have a feeling it's not going to happen in 2027

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It could, but it wont look like that. It will be a single room capsule with lunchables and adult diapers.

[-] i_cant_sports@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Everyone: That’s impossible. Billionaires: No, it’s necessary.

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[-] Stuka@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Lol 2027? Never gonna happen

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yea I don't know who the fuck wrote this article or who told them anything about space travel but there is no damn way this is operating in 3 Years time lol. It takes months to plan launches. On top of that, you don't just hire a bunch of construction workers to put it together.

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[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let them go there and prevent them from coming back.

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[-] teft@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago

I saw this episode of For All Mankind already. It doesn't go well for the hotel.

[-] detinu@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

We get closer and closer to a dystopian cyberpunk future.

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[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

only available for billionaires!

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Republicans want billionaires and wealthy corporations to be untaxed because they earned every cent so that exclusive property can be built, like this space hotel, that the republican rabble will never set foot in. Then they’ll thank god when the space debris takes out half their neighborhood but spares their home.

[-] theostermanweekend@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Why not both? Por que no los dos?

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[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

My favorite version of this the lady is like spouting off a bunch of silicon valley buzzwords and the guy on the right is "healthcare pls....."

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Don't worry the Vermicious Cnids will take care of that one for us on the house.

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