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Comment by colechristensen | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]colechristensen · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:32 UTC · link
You have to start with a justification for "the point" of human life at all which is a struggle with some people who only see utility in whatever their equivalent of a quarterly balance sheet is (this includes publishing papers in academic journals).
[−]p-e-w · 2026-11-15 Sun 03:48 UTC · link
I don’t understand why justifying human spaceflight supposedly requires grand philosophical ramblings about the meaning of life. Justifying brushing your teeth doesn’t require that either, does it?