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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 222 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 (10 children)

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.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Majority in House, supermajority of 60 in the Senate, practically speaking.

PROBLEM:

Not all Democrats are onboard with universal healthcare. Hence the fiasco in 2009.

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

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 38 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] odium@programming.dev 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't listen to him, I have a Miele vacuum and there's loads of pressure in it

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[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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 46 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tell me about it. We could have had Bernie.

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Simple isn't always easy.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No it won't.

Not in 2027

Not in 2037

These projects are little more than scams, just like Mars 1; pure nonsense

[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 11 points 1 year ago

Maybe 2127 if we did not regressed to the stone age

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[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 (1 children)

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

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[–] TheOnlyMego@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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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 26 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 (5 children)

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.

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[–] i_cant_sports@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Lol 2027? Never gonna happen

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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.

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

Let them go there and prevent them from coming back.

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[–] detinu@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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!

[–] theostermanweekend@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why not both? Por que no los dos?

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[–] 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.

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.

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