FWIW absolutely no one I know who has expertise in spaceflight or planetary exploration thinks this is either remotely plausible or a good idea to attempt on such a timeline. The dominant reaction is somewhere on the spectrum between mockery and dismay. Real, important science was cancelled for this

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if you can't collect the prayer card in person at my ordination you are welcome to print your own, but I can't speak to what its value will be on the collectible market

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"Shane, you need to choose some art for your prayer card." (These are little commemorative trading cards they make for each of us at ordination.) "Like what?" "A famous religious painting you like, usually." "Can I make my own?" "Sure, lots of artists…" "WHAT IF I WRITE A PROGRAM TO MAKE IT?!"

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"Abolish ICE" went from "wildly absurd fringe position" to "so acceptable in common discourse that we playfully name snowplows after it"

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It doesn't happen because despite its PR capitalism is not actually a rational system, and therefore doesn't do things in its own best interest. The markets are not rational and don't consist of rational actors, and the owner class isn't rational either.

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