Astronomy

But progress is just launching a bunch of bullshit into orbit to avoid real investment in infrastructure like fiber and other telecommunication lines.

With sufficient tweets/xeets/whatever about how "we can't stay earthbound forever" and "we must spread the light of consciousness to the stars," extremely credulous "I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE" bazinga brains will happily see actual science being trampled upon in favor of performative spectacle bullshit.