Space & Spaceflight

Rocket House, Or What We Get When We Privatize the Space Program

By Mark Wilson Published February 23, 2010, 9:08 am ET

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“It’s like, you know man, you know. People like us were meant for something important, something different than this whole fucked up society. Oh, that? That’s the rocket facade left over from our last house party.” [flickr/sfist via io9]

https://gizmodo.com/coolest-rocket-based-home-redesign-ever-5476798

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