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> There has to be something about space that makes people toss money at videogames.

Which is a damn travesty when people won't throw money at space in real-life. Other than a few huge backers (Musk, Branson) that have loads of money to hinge on this stuff, no one seems to care or pay attention.

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Well, that $37.5m can create a huge online world. It could probably create a couple of rocket components in the real world.

It means I get to fly in space. Whether a 30 million, 30 billion, or 30 trillion dollars were to be invested into real life space research, there's about a 0% chance that it will let me fly in space.

That said, the more interest there is in space in concept, the more popular it might be to fund actual space flight research in reality.

Who's gonna let me fly in space for $10/mo?

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