The same discussion with every other product. How are the companies supposed to become sustainable and no longer tax funded if they are not allowed to export? Exports = income = money to spend on new R&D and products.
I think our bureaucracy knows better what can be sold to who and what not.
We need to bring back state enterprises or private / government enterprises to other areas. If we can do it in defense and the last years have shown we can. Then we should also be able to leverage this for other areas where we are lacking.
Whether its semiconductors or others. Just take a look...
We dont have to turn every thread into: I wonder what the Greeks are saying.
It does add nothing to the discussion, further posts that derail the thread and add no substance will be deleted.
We're kinda in the same boat with TF-X, initially planned as an air superiority fighter and later the plans were changed.
One more reason to be less ha-ha and more understanding.
Sharing anecdotal evidence, of an F35 and then arguing that the product is a failure, is like seeing one BMW SUV burning and then claiming all of them are shit. No opinion on the F35 but that's a weak argument.
Ever since I watched this Youtube video about the impressive Logistics of the US, I wondered where we stand from a logistics standpoint.
We all saw how important logistics are when the Russians had to abandon hundreds of vehicles in Ukraine because they couldnt refuel them or how their...
This is good, but I wonder how much of that was influenced by cheap labour costs and how much higher it could have been with more stability in the country. Look at Poland or Germany, which is a country that is pretty expensive energy and labour wise, and how much they got.
Easier to successfully start a space company with billions in the pocket from the taxpayer, existing infrastructure and NASA engineers. Step by step, no rush.
Good news would be a short-sighted view on these developments. Its patching up at best issues that shouldnt be there in first place and is causing dependencies on countries that you don't want. What if they decide to withdraw their money on short notice one day?
Sorry that made me laugh. I was there during the Earthquake in 1999 and my sister was on the toilet and thought I had dropped something because the ground was shaking. That was in Manisa, so far away from the epicenter but still scary.
Many people slept on the streets that day.