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Yes, I read a piece about how the SpaceX transporter missions and their requirements were already reshaping small satellite designs.

All satellites have to flat from now on 🙈😊

I guess they might improve a bit on the shuttle turnaround but I have been sceptical about rapid reusability for a while now.

I hope you are wrong but I am afraid you might be right.

Sovereignty is the ability to say no, not an obligation to say no every time. 9/9

However, if Europe complies automatically whenever Washington asks, strategic autonomy becomes hollow. But cooperation with an ally (yes, depending on the circumstance the US is still considered an ally) following an independent European assessment is not, by itself, a surrender of sovereignty. 8/9

The fact that Washington had to submit a request to the EU, rather than simply order the restriction, is itself evidence that the decision was Europe’s to make. 7/9

It means that Europe owns the infrastructure, controls the data and can independently decide whether to say yes or no, based on its own interests, principles and security assessment. 6/9

However, I would distinguish between sovereignty in gerneral and agreement or disagreement over this particular decision. European sovereignty does not mean automatically rejecting every request from the United States. 5/9

It may also weaken one of Copernicus’s greatest strengths: the credibility created by open and independently usable data. 4/9

As mentioned above, I share the concern about this particular decision. Restricting data could push users towards Chinese or other imagery providers that do not impose comparable constraints. 3/9

Someone on LinkedIn argued that the EU’s decision to restrict the release of Copernicus imagery following a US request undermines European sovereignty. I think the argument is worth discussing, although I am not fully convinced by the way sovereignty is being defined here. 2/9

“Following a request from the US.” I don’t know what this is, but it’s certainly not European sovereignty. What’s the point of investing billions in sovereign European infrastructure if we’re going… ...“Following a request from the US.” I don’t know what this is, but it’s certainly not European sovereignty. What’s the point of investing billions in sovereign European infrastructure if we’re going t...www.linkedin.com

I am really curious about this topic as something seems to be happening. ODCs will never replace terrestrial data centers but could you imagine different maybe complementary business cases, like providing extra compute power at times of high demand or security related advantages or something else?

Important point. But since I am not an expert on chips and radiation hardening, what do you think about this one: bsky.app/profile/ment...

The US and China, and even Europe will put thousands of new satellites into orbit over the next years. They will all deorbit over the next 5 to 15 years. Most of the will burn up in the atmosphere during reentry from space and we don't know yet the effects on our atmosphere.

Of course, he does. That's the Trump/right-wing playbook: whining and blaming everyone else.

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Da gab es Diskussionen dazu... 🙈

Oh, I forgot the link: jobs.dlr.de/job/Referent...