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dalton99a

(96,275 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:13 AM Monday

The next frontier for trillionaires and wannabe trillionaires: Interplanetary defense

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2026/06/22/city-killer-asteroids-threaten-earth-it-needs-defense-plan/

And supersize the Golden Dome

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The next frontier for trillionaires and wannabe trillionaires: Interplanetary defense (Original Post) dalton99a Monday OP

Having some type of detection and defense JBTaurus83 Monday #1

Not a bad idea in theory - harumph Monday #2

JBTaurus83

(1,858 posts)

1. Having some type of detection and defense

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Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:40 AM

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Is not a bad idea, in my opinion. Will this group of pigs just turn it into a boondoggle? Is the sky blue?

harumph

(3,533 posts)

2. Not a bad idea in theory -

Reply to JBTaurus83 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 09:50 AM

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...but with these guys it's just more contracts to give out to their cronies. Trump et al. could spend a trillion on this shit with nothing that actually works in the end. Somehow sex-robots and bunkers for billionaires will find its way into a contract. If a big enough asteroid hits, we are all fucked anyway (no matter where it hits).

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