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The U.S. is losing badly..... [View all]
The new space race pits the U.S. against China. The U.S. is losing badly.
https://wapo.st/2FhrOgB
The stakes are high: Who will be able to obtain the vast resources in space, for example, water/ice, iron, titanium, platinum and nickel; secure the routes of trade; and write the rules of space commerce such as trade in energy propellant and precious metals. Who will benefit from the military power that flows from that industrial might?
What a load of bunkum!! Iron? The earth is pretty much completely made of iron. Water and ice? Just looking out my window right now convinces me we have way, way more water and ice than we need.
Trade routes in space? What the heck are trade routes in space?
Space is pretty much just a vast, empty vacuum with a few interesting, shiny objects here and there.
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