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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

The environmental impact of rocket launches is not good. I launch rockets for a living, including out of Vandenberg, so I'm personally invested in the ability to launch from the West Coast. It's one thing to launch national security missions once every two months and take the hit to the environment for that, but it's another thing to launch once a week every week to put up some disposable internet satellites so a billionaire can make more billions.

It's only political if you think preserving the environment is political. But CA has been long-known to care about preserving the environment, so if the Coastal Commission has been able to make rulings based on environmental impact in the past then I don't know how this lawsuit will work out. If they had asked for something reasonable like going from 6 to 12 launches, I think the commission might have been more amenable or at least open to negotiating to something like 8 or 10 launches. 50 launches is ridiculous, though.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 31 points 2 weeks ago

That's rich coming from the guy whose entire platform is one big political bias against free speech. Seems like Musk's whole outlook is "I'm going to move people to a colder planet where nothing grows and we can't even breathe, so why should I worry about trashing this one?"

Also, when is his daddy going to teach him how to shave?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How about we just block them all. You want to play hardball we can play hardball.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

O noes the spacexbois are gonna dunvote us

[–] boyago@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

When space X left California captain D bag said it was because California passed a law that schools didn’t have to report to kids parents when they were changing their pronouns and gender identities.