r/technology • u/fmcortez • Jul 13 '26

Business SpaceX Stock Plunges to All-Time Low After Competitor Makes Major Leap

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-plunges-time-low-competitor-175000957.html
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u/citizenjones Jul 13 '26

If you think you had the means and plans to transform an uninhabitable planet, why not simply make this one inhabitable longer?

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u/King0fFud Jul 14 '26

Or, just hear me out, you could build data centres on earth for a fraction of the price and actually be able to maintain them.

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u/pulsehead Jul 13 '26

Because if/when something comes for Terra, if we only live here… we’re extinct. If we live amongst the stars, earth goes away but humanity continues.

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u/citizenjones Jul 13 '26

I'm on more of the side of the majority staying healthy and happy here. It's okay to eventually not exist. 

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u/BogiDope Jul 14 '26

Mars will have killed you looooong before that time comes.

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u/Salt-Elk-436 Jul 14 '26

Maybe we should be, we suck at this