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China and Russia Are Launching the New Cold War Into Space
America’s best hope may be the Guardians and Elon Musk.
Not as funny as you might think.
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For being vast, mysterious and deadly, space is also somehow sort of hilarious. Even science fiction fans know this (see “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” all volumes). Thus we’ve spent years laughing at America’s new Space Force, especially when it unveiled its Starfleet logo and said its servicepeople would be known as Guardians. Too easy, guys!