Reading this and also why ULA was found, it sounds like a giant fail by the Government. They allowed the only two launch providers to join, because of unprofitability, which seams odd to me. SpaceX on the other hand opposed to this merge of Atlas and Delta. Now the only reason why SpaceX can charge NASA more than Atlas or Delta did before there merge, is that the prices soared because of the created monopoly. From this article it seams that SpaceX makes 80-90 million dollars profit per NASA or DoD launch. That’s a crazy margin, now i know how they can finance their Starship development and the massive Starlink launches.

Like cat subs, before blocking them my screen was full of cats

Experts […] have updated 2024 YR4’s chance of impacting the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032 from 1.7% as of late February to 3.8% based on the Webb data and observations from ground-based telescopes.

When goods and services are taken into account, the EU has a small surplus with the US of €48 billion; this is the equivalent of just 3% of total EU-US trade (€1.6 trillion).

Nevertheless, considering the actual trade in goods between the EU and US, in practice the average tariff rate on both sides is approximately 1%. In 2023, the US collected approximately €7 billion of tariffs on EU exports, and the EU collected approximately €3 billion on US exports.

While the EU applies a 10% Most Favored Nation (MFN) tariff on cars, it’s important to note that the US imposes a 25% tariff on pickup trucks—the largest segment of the US auto market, accounting for about one-third of all vehicle sales.

Ehhh…. They are already overwhelmed in German, how do you imagine it working in English? I went to the immigration office in my city once, they barely spoke English, it’s really sad. If they genuinely want to attract scientists/experts, they need to establish a dedicated office for that purpose, or perhaps an office at the EU level. How does this process work in the Netherlands?