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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 21:06:20 JST Charlie Stross

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   • Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

   @hittitezombie @MarkHoltom 2-3 years ago it was reported that Bezos and Musk had a fundamental disagreement about space colonization—Musk wants Mars, Bezos wants to build L5 colonies a la Gerard K. O'Neil's 1970s proposals. Both natalist crap with cosmic radiation-related problems but I think Bezos's is marginally more achievable, and $120Bn would be a start.

   Also, New Glenn has a launch window. Opens at 11:30pm Eastern Time on December 31st. Big New Year firework!

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     • Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

     @MarkHoltom @cstross looked into this.

     Apparently the main winner is "Getting Jeff Bezos a Space Kingdom Charity" for 120 billion.