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GMoromisato • today at 3:25 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

  It's physically impossible
  It's technically impossible
  It won't be profitable          <= You are here
  It's bad for the environment
  It needs to be nationalized
This is just a joke, obviously, but the debate over on ArsTechnica about Falcon 9 going away is all about how it needs to be nationalized.

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fulafel • today at 6:48 PM

Did anyone at and point say it's technically impossible? There's been computers in space since the 60s after all.

It's just far out research experiment like another commented quoted from the text: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49834746

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zactato • today at 4:28 PM

I think one of the reasons for putting these in space is to move them beyond the borders of any national control.

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