Like it doesn't even affect me personally except some abstract way because I'm European but still. Is it ignorance? Stupidity? Like I get you can listen to Fox News all day or the even more fringe ones... but isn't there a choice? Get outta here
The problem in the US isn't lack of jobs, it's lack of pay, crippling debt and rising cost of living. People have trouble fitting all those jobs into their lives. Normal people are getting squeezed and social protections are weak. More jobs won't fix it
My original point was also that you'd need a real benefit compared to the currently available options. We did have faster air travel for a time with the Concorde (which looked a lot more like a spaceship than other aircrafts). It went away because it had a lot of downsides for only the advantage of being faster. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to use it one day just to witness it; but in the end, it doesn't really matter if your trip takes slightly less time; keep in mind that it usually doesn't start and end at an airport anyways, and this problem would be even bigger for space travel. So it isn't really something for traveling on Earth. Which brings me back to the question what it would do for a layperson...
Apart from that, you need to time your departure and arrival with conditions on Earth, so while technically you could shorten that time drastically, you'd probably need to wait some months before you can take the trip.
My argument wasn't against space exploration in general, but rather the democratization of space travel as a commodity; as in as in we have already democratized it so far that the trophy wifes of billionaires can travel to space. I'm unsure of scientific advances that has brought and rather think this made someone money
In the end, it's a huge investment of resources; you can't cheat physics. There is a theoretical floor (and a much higher practical floor) for what you need to get out of Earth's orbit. And frankly, there isn't that much to do for you in space as a layperson (not talking about actual astronauts who are rather scientists) except flex on other people.
This is the second time I'm reading this kind of logic (about service time).
10 years is nothing for an aircraft. This is almost the best span during its lifetime – when you have the experience with both the model and the particular unit.
To quote Airbus:
As commercial aircraft spend 30-plus years in operational service, Airbus takes the long-term view in accompanying the aircraft it produces throughout their lifetime – enabling operators to maximise performance and minimise costs, while also contributing to the overall sustainability of air transportation.
30-plus. Not less than 10.
It could be bad maintenance, for sure. But it could also be just Boeing again.
It's such a shitty airline anyways, had bad experience both times (issues because of carry on luggage, name on ticket etc) - not directly to me, but this always caused delays on my two flights, one of which required them to unload cargo again. I only used them because they were the only one flying a certain connection, they weren't even particularly cheap; but after the second incident, I just used a different airport because I'm not putting up with such a shitty airline.
Why would Biden / Obama do this