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3255803 t1_ixey8dh wrote

Europe is far behind in space technology. It's relying mostly on American equipment. They are not willing to spend huge amounts of money in research. Even when they spend funds it's usually a waste of time and money due to corruption and bad management.

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CallMeKik t1_ixfel9m wrote

I’d like to know more, why do you say it’s been a waste of time?

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3255803 t1_ixgk3cd wrote

Because many projects are done just to spend free european funds, no one really cares about the result.

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bremidon t1_ixgwfc3 wrote

I've done government funded projects here in Europe. You are dead on right. They make a lot of noise about it being spent right, but nobody checks, and as long as the right numbers are on the right lines, nobody is going to check.

We actually did our best to do everything right, but it was scary how nobody cared what we were doing.

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3255803 t1_ixhz6bz wrote

I know the feeling, I'm also in Europe working in the satellite communication industry, that's how I know we're far behind USA or China. As you say, nobody cares, even myself lately.. got tired of being underpaid in a place where nobody really cares about anything, all they do is talking, meetings and promises but nothing good ever happens. Wish I can change my career while I still can, before I get too old..

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