Because every square centimeter of this rock is owned by someone? And no one owns any square centimeters of the other rocks in the solar system? It's about the frontier, and its opportunities.

Nobody said it had to be an easy frontier.

You or I might not be interested in making the attempt, because sterile, barren, bathed in radiation, etc. but other people do, and why do you care if other people run off and get themselves killed in an attempt to acquire unclaimed land?

Have you got a license to use that much sarcasm in one post? That exceeded the unlicensed sarcasm allowance. You'll need to file a form and pay a fee. The queue forms on the left. The office is open on alternate Tuesdays if the previous Wednesday was a full moon.

Never heard of coolie labor, have you. In much of the Americas, it was literal slavery, and in the US, it was slavery in all but name. Until 1879, where it was recognized as slavery even in name, in the constitution of the State of California.

Chinese immigration to the US up to that time was nominally voluntary. And you can believe as much of that as you like. Once they got here, they were enslaved with contracts of indenture that were rigged to be impossible to pay off because they were forced to buy all necessities from the company store, which was rigged to make them go further into debt. It didn't last nearly as long as Black slavery, but it still involved hundreds of thousands of enslaved people. Many, many third and fourth generation Chinese-Americans can claim a slave ancestor.

They don't. And they don't dwell on it.

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be a Mars-shattering kaboom.

Random schmucks commenting on an internet blog do not constitute "sexism in science." The world is full of such people. They're about as far away from scientist as it is possible to get without actual brain damage.

When domestic abuse statistics are kept solely for physical abuse, yep, 95%. If statistics for emotional abuse were kept (and men were willing to report it (never EVER happen across the general population)), it'd be 50/50.

They're taking the fact that all graduate students everywhere are treated like slave labor as evidence that there is sexism.

Sorry ladies, that's not why you're being treated like crap in grad school. You're being treated like crap because everyone is treated like crap in grad school. Yes, something should be done about that, but it isn't driven by sexism.

Ridiculous. Maybe in stupid-ass punch-the-monkey dev shops writing web-based crap no one will care about in 6 months. There are plenty of industries where this is nonsense.

In international finance, some country decides on a new law (usually a new regulation). The software therefore must change.

Is the law going to change again this year? No.
Is the development cycle less than a year? Yes.
Is the development cycle longer than a fucking sprint? Yes.

Waterfall will work just FINE.

Good night Mr. van Winkle. We'll wake you in a thousand years.

Transparent aluminum!

Quite true. Just look at the image again. No overhead bins at all, and no 6 rows of cattle class seating. Paired seats with tables. This concept is not for the likes of you or me. An Arab prince will have one. The Google Guys will have one. You and I will never see one in real life. Not even in first class, which still has overhead bins. It's a product concept solely for wealthy people, not even the merely rich.

What is Swift written in?

So... C. Ok, we're done here.

No wait. One more thing. It's the Objective-C runtime. Which means Objective-C programs will just keep running, as they ever have.

The new language can't supplant the old one while the old one exists in the same environment. More to the point, compatibility with Objective-C, C, and C++ was an explicit design goal. So you can just pack up all the bullshit about taking over the world.

Even MIT is teaching courses that are nothing but rehashes of history? Seriously? I mean in theory, there's something to be learned from how it was done before, but from the description, this is just an excuse to rub elbows with an astronaut for bragging rights.

Here, here's a technically feasible Mars idea.

But wait, that's not a city. Not quite. How about this. There. That was about $5000 worth of work. Pay the man.