@gooba42@trixter the good old days, when America and Russia nobly fought to see who could have the best rockets, which were definitely only useful for exploration.
@sminnee@trixter The ICBM was definitely dual purpose as a carriage platform but the "we will never militarize space outright" was a solid ethical rule we should have kept.
Now we're talking about China blasting civilian comm sats with lasers, Russia wants to launch anti-satellite nukes and we're already talking military installations on the moon off and on.
We went from a generally positive mixed bag to all bad, all the time.
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@sminnee @trixter The ICBM was definitely dual purpose as a carriage platform but the "we will never militarize space outright" was a solid ethical rule we should have kept.
Now we're talking about China blasting civilian comm sats with lasers, Russia wants to launch anti-satellite nukes and we're already talking military installations on the moon off and on.
We went from a generally positive mixed bag to all bad, all the time.