You thought woke was dead, but it turns out it's gone to the moon.
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Not satire!
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Well look, the moon is something that has fascinated us. It's deeply rooted to Indigenous sky country and storytelling and so we want to respect the fact that this is not just something for us to go and explore, as amazing as that is. So I think it's actually a big focus for global space regulation as well as understanding Australia's growing role in space exploration.
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Every time I hear an Australian accent these days I can't help but translate it to retard.
That's Dr. — yes, DOCTOR — Rebecca Allen, the co-director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University of Technology.
This happened during a real segment on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation concerning a discarded SpaceX rocket stage that will apparently slam into the moon, creating a crater. Allen is concerned that Elon won't have the proper respect for the "indigenous sky country" honored by people groups who never invented the wheel.
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Next up, land acknowledgments on the moon!
(Go ahead and pump the brakes on space exploration, Australia — the real countries will take the lead from here.)
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