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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:11:35 JST Ars Technica

   Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP
   "There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars."
   https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/elon-musk-recommends-that-the-international-space-station-be-deorbited-asap/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Steve Riggins (steveriggins@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:12:55 JST Steve Riggins

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     @arstechnica Elon musk favors anything that Elon musk can be paid for instead of someone else

   • Akiva עקיבא (akiva631@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:13:12 JST Akiva עקיבא

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     @arstechnica How about an actual scientist give an opinion instead of Musk 🤷🏻

   • somlu1968 (somlu1968@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:18:21 JST somlu1968

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     • DLR_next

     @arstechnica He simply cannot tolerate the fact that he does not earn money from the ISS, or that it is not HIS space station

     btw. @dlr_next irgendeinen Kommentar dazu?

   • somlu1968 (somlu1968@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:21:12 JST somlu1968

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     @arstechnica "There are some plausible explanations for why Musk would seek to end the life of the space station early. His statement about "Let's go to Mars" implies that the money presently being spent on the space station should be repurposed toward human exploration of Mars." as I said

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:27:50 JST Freevolt

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     @arstechnica to that I say "fuck off."

   • Corb_The_Lesser (corb_the_lesser@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:29:26 JST Corb_The_Lesser

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     @arstechnica
     The Starship architecture #Musk create to lift more and more #Starlink litter is only marginally capable of taking humans to Mars and back.

     It must be refueled multiple times in orbit before it can leave orbit for the Moon, much less Mars.

     The vehicle can't leave Mars without being refueled by automated propellant manufacturing and storage facilities *built and operated prior to human arrival*.

     And Musk has a contract to destroy #ISS and wants to sell us a new space station.

   • Christina Jennifer (criffer@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:57:20 JST Christina Jennifer

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     @arstechnica

   • Cassman (cassman@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 04:57:39 JST Cassman

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     @arstechnica can we put Elon on the first rocket to Mars.
     Doesn't need to return

   • Bandersnatch (bandersnatch@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 05:00:41 JST Bandersnatch

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     @arstechnica

     I hope it lands on him.

   • Total Sonic Media (totalsonic@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 05:01:41 JST Total Sonic Media

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     @arstechnica - human "exploration" of Mars, would, given the technology we possess likely through at least the next 2 decades, involve sending a small crew to land, and then relatively quickly, die there. While I am sure some volunteers could be found to suicide themselves for this mission that is way better tasked to robots, I'm not convinced it is ethical to enable them to do to themselves in such manner.

   • Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ (brainwagon@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 05:23:05 JST Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ

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     @arstechnica What are the odds that the person who would profit from such a pointless endeavor would recommend such a course of action?

   • Jim Sullivan (rijim@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 05:49:10 JST Jim Sullivan

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     @arstechnica Please grant this dogebag his wish and send him to Mars ASAP.

   • Chuck (crdfilm@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 06:52:00 JST Chuck

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     @arstechnica Of course, because he just wants more government money.

   • Chris (nightclaw@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 14:57:08 JST Chris

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     @arstechnica not mentioning that this is Musk having a tantrum after being corrected on Twitter is journalistic malpractice.

   • LenticularCloud (lenticularcloud@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 17:27:09 JST LenticularCloud

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     @arstechnica
     Does planet Earth really need this racist boy's opinion ?