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Tomas Kapler rejected the claim that Europe cannot compete with Starlink because it cannot build rockets and satellites and does not have the money for it. He stated that SpaceX completed 165 Falcon 9 flights in 2025, while Amazon reserved 24 launches of the European Ariane 6, which has already launched 100 of its satellites. He also mentioned the German startup Isar Aerospace, the prototype of a reusable rocket in Sweden, and more than 900 million euros that the European Space Agency invested in a new generation of rockets. For comparison, he noted approximately 400 million dollars from NASA for the development of Falcon 9 and the Dragon capsule. Kapler cited examples of European space technologies, including the Galileo navigation system, which he said is used by over 4.5 billion devices, the Finnish company ICEYE and its radar satellites, and the share of Thales Alenia Space in the living space of the International Space Station. He also wrote that Airbus, Thales Aerospace, and Leonardo are merging their space divisions into a company with 25,000 employees, while the EU network IRIS², with 348 satellites, moves towards full deployment. He challenged the claim of a lack of European capital by estimating that European households hold 12 trillion euros in cash and accounts, and Europeans own American stocks and bonds worth 8 trillion dollars. According to him, 300 billion euros in savings flow out of Europe each year. As a sign of change, he mentioned the creation of a single market for savings and investments and Danish pension funds, which he said began to divest from American government bonds. In the field of research and technology, Kapler reminded that three out of the last four Nobel Prize laureates in Physics were born in Europe and stated that the number of applications from scientists working in the USA addressed to the European Research Council has more than doubled. He also mentioned Italian designer Federico Faggin, the London origins of DeepMind, and co-founders of OpenAI born in Poland and Slovakia, and the Dutch company ASML, whose machines are essential for producing the most advanced chips for artificial intelligence. As further examples of European contributions to American space programs, he cited the NASA spacecraft module, which he said was assembled in Bremen, and the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope by an Ariane 5 rocket. Kapler concluded that Europe has been repeatedly written off and reminded that Airbus has been delivering more aircraft than Boeing every year since 2019. According to him, Europe has gradually approached greater self-sufficiency in rockets, satellites, capital, and technologies. #Evropa #technologie #vesmír (translated)

The Japanese space agency JAXA has launched an ambitious mission called Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) aimed at bringing back rock samples from the moon Phobos, which could fundamentally change our understanding of planet formation, the origin of water, and the conditions for the emergence of life. #Mars #Phobos #VesmírnáMise (translated)

The Russian military satellite Cosmos 2612 is mysteriously approaching the American commercial satellite ICEYE-X36, with its intentions remaining unclear, and at the same time, there were restrictions on the military package Starshield, raising questions about U.S. interference. #družice #vesmír #Ukrajina (translated)

Il Buono wrote that if he ever published something like that, he would study physics at a world-class level and invent time travel so he could go back five seconds before sending the message and, by breaking all the fingers on his hands, create a time paradox that would destroy the universe. #čas #fyzika #paradox (translated)

The American Space Forces deployed the Meadowlands system, designed to detect and disrupt enemy satellite communications, first in Venezuela and then in Iran to support operations against the authoritarian regime there. #SatelitníKomunikace #VojenskéTechnologie #VesmírnéSily (translated)

Astronomers from the University of Warwick have discovered the first known truly green star, the white dwarf WD J1330+6435, which is referred to as a cosmic zombie because it pulls material from the surrounding planetary system into its atmosphere. #vesmír #hvězdy #bílýtrpaslík (translated)

The last scout™ called for a comparison of how Andrej Babiš spoke before the EU summit with the statement by Giorgia Meloni. He labelled the difference between them as "a different universe." According to her, Meloni stated that support for Ukraine enables peace and that capitulation would mean conquest, not peace. She also recalled the Russian tanks that suppressed the uprisings in Prague and Budapest, and the Berlin Wall. She identified a just peace as the goal, which she believes can ensure lasting security for Europe and protect its interests, even at the cost of losing political support. https://t.co/1BmKqfBRdU https://t.co/diIvnKkYBM #EU #Ukrajina #Mír (translated)

The author of the post questioned whether the operators care about his privacy when they allegedly share his personal data with 228 partners. He described the situation as an extraordinary mockery. https://t.co/fo1fFr2bmr #soukromí #ochranaosobníchúdajů #bezpečnost #CZ (translated)

Graslik8 wrote after the match against Slavia that he was considering the future of the club and coach Jindřich Trpišovský. He criticized his long-term reliance on favored players, among which he included Jan Bořil, Standa Tecl, Ondřej Kolář, Tomáš Holeš, Lukáš Provod, and Tomáš Chorý. According to the author, some of them were given opportunities despite poor performances, while other players were not given a chance. He pointed to Provod and Chorý as current examples. Provod, he said, was one of the best players in the league when in top form, but this season he was far from his best, even though his playing time did not decrease. Graslik8 stated that Slavia had alternatives in the form of Ayaosi and Šturm, but the coach preferred to deploy Šturm in the wing-back position. The author compared the use of Chorý in European competitions to the repeated testing of the non-functioning duo Král–Souček. He wrote that Chorý could help Slavia in the league, but he did not believe he was suitable for the Champions League. At the same time, he questioned the claim that the club could not acquire a quality striker: he pointed out the spending of twelve million on N’Guessan and Diakité, of whom the former, according to him, played sporadically, and the latter almost not at all. He believed that the coaching staff did not want to deprive Chorý of his place. Graslik8 acknowledged that Slavia dominated the league and was heading for another title and a hat trick, and he praised Trpišovský's ability to develop players and sell them for high amounts. However, he stated that if the club wanted to succeed in cups and compete with strong teams, it was increasingly evident that this would not be achieved with Trpišovský at the helm. He wrote that Slavia would eventually have to make a difficult choice. #SlaviaPraga #fotbal #JindřichTrpišovský (translated)