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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says ‘millions of people’ will be living in space by 2045—and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon (fortune.com)

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[–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Putting a million people in space would require ten of thousand of launches if they were Boeing 737s carrying the people.

Housing a million people in space would require technology that won't exist in 20 years let alone in time to have it built in 20 years.

This kind of shit is just so fucking stupid.

It takes them 2 years to build an Amazon warehouse in fucking Michigan. We're supposed to believe they're going to build space stations to support a million people in 20 years?

Who is this stupid? Who believes this shit?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Honestly it will be lucky if we have anyone permanently inhabiting the moon in 20 years. The Artemis program is our best bet and frankly that's a pipe dream.