"I think there should be democracy in space. There should be democracy on Earth, too, yes, which we maybe don't even have at the moment. But the fact that any commercial company can decide what to do with natural resources and also do tacky things, like sending a stupid fucking car into space that's also dangerous for people - think about the astronauts that are up there in the International Space Station and they don't really know what's going to hit them or whatever."
"For me, I started hating him when he put a Tesla into space with a David Bowie song on it. He actually shot a car into space, as if there wasn't enough shit floating around."
"So you had to destroy the human race, like destroy the environment... To go up [into space] so that we all could have you realize this thing that everyone else understands. Nobody else had to do that to get that this is important."
Elon Musk's decision to launch a Tesla into space with David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' drew criticism for adding to orbital debris and for frivolous use of natural resources. The launch raised safety concerns for astronauts aboard the International Space Station due to potential collisions with uncontrolled objects. The role of commercial companies in deciding how to use extraterrestrial resources prompted calls for democratic oversight of space activities. Jeff Bezos's suborbital flight and subsequent remarks about protecting Earth were criticized as hypocritical given environmental damage tied to commercial ventures. Calls were made for public votes on who may exploit natural and space resources.
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