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Yes, especially since China may end up being the only space game in town
Socrates II — (archived)

Yes, I am feeling quite cynical and pragmatic right now.

I just hope there will be a space program anywhere the way things
are going at present. Enough people think space exploration is a
waste of money and resources that the only space programs which
may survive are the ones that do not require or care about public
opinion to keep functioning.

When they originally factored in the Drake Equation to figure out
how many technological civilizations exist in the galaxy, the usually
assumed the main limiting factor of the lifetime of a society was
whether or not they have a nuclear war or its equivalent.

Perhaps economic and social collapse that follows from rampant
greed and short-sightedness should be factored in now as well,
for all that it will matter.

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