Ngl this is sort of based

Key quote:

"The FY 2025 U.S. Space Force budget request is $29.4B, a decrease of $0.6B from the FY 2024 budget request. "

Guys I am beginning to feel like it's going to be a few years before the Space Force becomes a serious organization.

Personally I want the space force to succeed so that we can have this in the future:

Honestly, after seeing the Starship launch and landing video I feel like we are at most 50 years away from this level of technology in real life.

It's all about miniaturizing the technology now and combining VTOL engines with rocket boosters on one transport.

That's 1% higher than expectations.

The economy of China grew 5.2% in 2023.

It is expected to grow 4.6% in 2024.

4.5% in 2025.

3% in 2026.

3.58% in 2027.

3.38% in 2028.

3.31% in 2029.

3.5% in 2030.

Putting in all those numbers we get:

A total GDP of 22.88 trillion USD by the end of 2030. Far lower than the US is today.

In conclusion:

China will never catch up to the US.

China is going to get stuck at a Chile tier quality of life economy.

USA number 1!

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Rishi knows he's going to lose, is just sucking up to his future bosses.

https://x.com/MkBlyth/status/1798723635806445985

This would frick over Trudeau if it drags out for a while.

Why is this a big deal?

It places the US even further ahead of the rest of the world which still hasn't even developed a basic reusable rocket.

It will lower the costs of space transportation and travel by a whole lot.

Starship will be used to send Astronauts to the moon.

Starship is in theory intended to send humans to Mars as well.

In theory, Starship should be capable of transporting people from point to point on the Earth itself. Imagine a transportation service that can take you to the other side of the Earth within an hour.

The primary benefit of starship is that now the US has a default working rocket that can be used for all major space missions with load carrying capacity to do things like set up bases in space and transportation across plants at acceptable costs for the modern age.

This rocket has pretty much re revolutionized the space race similar to what the falcon 9 rockets did before it.

You can expect Elon Musk's net worth to rise a whole lot more in the coming weeks and months ahead.

The US now has a 16 year lead on China in rocket tech, possibly even further depending on if there will be any delays in China developing reusable rockets.

The US today is best positioned to become a multi-planetary colony. Restarting the golden age of exploration for the 21st century.

If the US succeeds in colonizing other heavenly bodies and the rest of the world does not, then that would cement US's position as the future of humanity, leaving the peak of the British empire in the dust.

The only other country in a position to keep up with the US in the space race is China and it is decades behind the US.

Elon Musk's net worth is going to reach a new peak after this successful launch. Be ready for the world's first 300 billion USD plus net worth individual.

With starship there is a real possibility of the US and NASA seriously going at finally building that new ISS replacement as well, finally creating a real space station with space to move around for the crew.

So good news, new space station in 2030 confirmed. ( not officially, but its the logical conclusion to the series of events far as I can tell )

Long term impact:

Technological domination of the US continues and the gap once again widens to 20th century levels between the US and the rest of the world.