What are some alt-right explanations for the space program (including non-whites)?

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[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

There is a book about this called "Whitey on the Moon", by Paul Kersey. He answers most of your questions.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Do you have a summary or bring up points from the book that relate to the status of Space today? For example, the final chapter talks about the redistribution of funding towards public welfare instead of colonizing foreign planets, but that information is either outdated now or is a little exaggerated. Even with all the affirmative action crap, NASA hasn't completely stopped sending robots into Space, or even planning the first manned Mars mission this decade.

And even if you don't want to put all your faith in NASA/government sponsored space programs, then the example of Elon Musk I brought up earlier still shows that even private companies will fill the vacuum if no one else wants to do it.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There is too much information required. The final frontier is complicated. If you want to know the answer to your questions, you will have to actually read the book.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

If the book's message is that Space is cancelled, then something about it is clearly outdated. I'll still take a look into it because I am interested in any essay that covers race and space exploration. But I'm not seeing any counter arguments that says all this work that has gone into space programs is actually at risk of being lost. The only thing that may have changed was the trajectory of all these futuristic ideas may have been pushed back thanks to wasteful spending on unnecessary wars. But other significant discoveries have still been in the past decade like the 2021 landing of the Mars rover, or the first full color image of what Black Holes look like.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It might help to troll less and read more. Some concepts are more complicated than the front jacket flap.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So what exactly is the message you're trying to tell me? Just give the crux of the book's argument right now so I at least have a point of reference to start from.

For example, do you deny that Space Research hasn't stopped? This is a simple yes or no question. If you do believe Space Research has stopped, then cite where in the book did it tell you that.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wouldn't call it argument. It's really more of a history book that also documents how racial conflict has played a role in the U.S. space program.

Of course space research hasn't stopped. Elon Musk is about to colonize Mars in a few decades.