In Space

The 3D printed rocket failed.
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3D printing is one modern thing I have not done. It's moving so fast. I wasn't even aware that metal was 3D printed as well as plastic.

Yeah, I think it just means it is really long, no depth to it.

It is one of the areas where I do approve of capitalism. 

We watched from our backyard a launch last night from the Kennedy Space center. There is another one this morning around 8. If I remember I will try to see it but the night launches are much better to see.

Except that the scientific community rarely agree with each other.

"Settled science", what's the fun in that?

Pretty though.

It never occurred to me that the dark side of the moon was actually a development.

David Bowie's fabled band was Ziggy and the Spiders from Mars.
How come he knew?  '

Space is the final enterprise. Humans probably shouldn't ever venture off into the great big black void. The Outer Space Treaty made it so that nations are unable to lay claim to celestial bodies. This doesn't apply to individual corporations. Many corporations, such as SpaceX, invest large sums of money into space exploration. Many of which are owned by billionaires. It is interesting how the latest trend among the higher classes are to escape the planet or acquire bomb shelters on uninhabited islands. Much like the one recently purchased by Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. If corporations are freely given access to space, they would use this to their advantage to establish new civilizations, and henceforth new nations. There new nations likely wouldn't oblige by civil rights laws established by Earth nations. Mobile Suit Gundam has had numerous series that explores this potential reality. Billionaires need to stay the f**k away from space.