This is sad. NASA is basically begging for funding to keep the lights on, is redlining most of the ISS modules past the end of their lifespans , and is wondering if the Orion program is even going to exist next year now that Trump cut everything.
Meanwhile, China is on track for a crewed moon landing in two years, and to double the size of its space station by 2030.
It’s basically impossible to go out and relax or have any kind of good time when you know you’re probably being filmed from 20 different angles throughout the night, and the cost of any kind of faux pas is that you might get video uploaded to make you a laughing-stock… and that was before the millions of AI surveillance cameras that have like a ~2% chance to hallucinate imaginary crimes and file automatic police reports went up.
But yeah, everything is also really fucking expensive now.