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2021-08-28 Science & Technology

Mystery private firm is building an orbiting space outpost to house civilian astronauts for months at a time

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Now that a volcano lair is standard equipment for super-villains, a man has to go the extra mile to show the world he is a criminal genius. Space is the place. The High Ground. The Final Frontier... although if the Universe is infinite then the frontier is not that final. You could call it the Infinite Frontier, but then you lose the alliteration and that probably won't fly with Marketing.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-28 01:29|| 2021-08-28 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 D D Harriman smiles

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2021-08-28 02:40|| 2021-08-28 02:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Eventually to be the site of the Uber-Davos meetings. So they can literally look down on their possessions.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-08-28 09:58|| 2021-08-28 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Volcano lairs. Let me tell ya, pain in the ass. All those environmental impact studies, then you got the greenies sending you bills for carbon offsets or some shit like the volcano would just stop emitting CO2 if nobody was there. The constantly shifting foundation means there is no such thing as a right angle; you try loading a nuclear device onto a missile when the approachway looks like a Escher drawing on dollar tequila shot night. Can't get cold water. Can't use the lava tube service entrance because those ghawdammed tiktokers doing yoga selfies all the time. The worst, the worst, is once a month some young gal get thrown in and splatter all over your work station. Totally random; if they just pick a day, 1st of the month, 3rd Friday, whatever, but noooo, you get some 3 seconds of screaming as a heads up then -splat-.

No, a Drax station, that is the future. No space shuttle to ferry up space marines. No hippies on walkabouts getting a sense for Gaia's aura, dinner tastes like the food instead of brimstone, if you miss the sunset just wait a couple hours, sounds fantastic.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-28 13:19|| 2021-08-28 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ *SNORT*

Posted by Frank G 2021-08-28 13:21|| 2021-08-28 13:21|| Front Page Top

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