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322 points atomroflbomber | 2 comments | 03 Aug 23 08:12 UTC | HN request time: 1.646s | source
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lelag ◴[03 Aug 23 09:52 UTC] No.36983601[source]▶
If 2023 ends up giving us AGI, room-temperature superconductors, Starships and a cure for cancer, I think we will able to call it a good year...
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maximinus_thrax ◴[03 Aug 23 15:52 UTC] No.36987546[source]▶
> Starships

Where? Humanity does not have the capability to travel between planetary systems.

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falcor84 ◴[03 Aug 23 16:04 UTC] No.36987733[source]▶
I assumed the parent was referring to SpaceX's Starship [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

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p_j_w ◴[03 Aug 23 16:10 UTC] No.36987824[source]▶
Starship isn’t an actual starship, though.
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1. falcor84 ◴[05 Aug 23 15:20 UTC] No.37012887[source]▶
Indeed, but the parent used a capitalized "Starships".

In any case, I think Starship's engineering, and particularly the Super Heavy booster, is bringing us a significant step closer to starships (in lower case).

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2. maximinus_thrax ◴[05 Aug 23 22:38 UTC] No.37016927[source]▶
Putting the capitalized 'Starship' in the same sentence with a cancer cure and superconductors plays 'One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others)' in my head.