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Design and manufacturing for the rocket part of their business is mainly split between Auckland and Los Angeles. Various sources say they have between 500 and 700 employees in NZ. …

I think that's about the ballpark of what is required for a rocket of this size. SpaceX and RocketLab raised similar amounts prior to their first successful launches.

Starlink speed and bandwidth is way ahead of any of the existing satellite internet providers.

They still have significant NZ design, manufacturing, and launch operations. For regulatory and capital raising reasons the parent company has been US based for quite a few years n…

Yes, they can after 4 years, although that was only a recent change. The bigger factor is that Australia and NZ have free movement between the countries for those who are a citizen…

> instead of developing that capability in-house or acquiring a few startups with decent engineering talent. VW has a JV with Rivian. I'd consider that to be similar to what you su…

Yeah, I think it will be important to continue improving drone technology and have a plan to scale manufacturing in the event of a major conflict, but the lack of conventional air …

But the assumptions should always be that one day someone like that could take power and gain access to that data.

'Cost a LOT' is relative though. Expensive compared to a 777 flight? Sure. Expensive compared to every other moon capable rocket? No.

You'll need to launch more mass to get there but the technology isn't really any more complicated. It's also a more hospitable environment (reasonable gravity, day/night cycle, som…

They never have been one.

Where land is converted there can be an increase. But for an existing farm with stable herd numbers the emission produced around (Methane > Carbon Dioxide > Grass > Methane > etc.)…

There is also audio of the pilots discussing the issue.

The article doesn't quite spell it out but I assume you won't be able to turn off safe search unless you log in with a verified 18+ account.

Because Europe doesn't produce anything comparable at present.

The US isn't interested in picking sides. Historically it has tried to be friendly with both (though that hasn't always been easy).

> $750B for defense was 3% of the federal budget in 2024. I think you mean of GDP, not federal budget.

NATO has never been a threat to Russia. Under what scenario are all the governments of NATO countries convinced to attack Russia? Also Finland just joined and Russia barley registe…

This is an open forum. Put forward your solution to the war so it can be discussed.

NATO as has existed is already over. Nobody has any faith that the US will follow through on its Article 5 obligations.

The Russian aviation industry has a terrible track record on delivering new aircraft.

And on the knowledge that Russia will certainly conduct strikes on polling stations. Also Zelensky's popularity has shot up since Trump started aligning with Russia. And the next m…

> I never understood why "foreign influence" was supposed to be a bad thing. It would be less of a problem if US platforms were allowed into China to influence the Chinese too.

It seems awkward not ending on the last day of the month. In NEw Zealand it's close, the FY ends on 31 March.

Purchasing Power Parity calculations try to capture this.