> Feels pretty win/win. Please develop this further, what Italy has to win? other than the scientific breakthrough that is to spend tax payer money to "buy a s

> Feels pretty win/win. Please develop this further, what Italy has to win? other than the scientific breakthrough that is to spend tax payer money to "buy a seat" > is helping us make really exciting progress us? you meant the USA? progress? like? I don't recall Italy working on any similar projects, how will these seats help italians get a return of investment? Sounds like an attempt at masking subsidies from the EU, at the expense of ESA I wonder who's in the lobby "SpaceX accuses Arianespace of unfair competition" - https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/air-defense/exclusif-spacex-accuse-arianespace-de-concurrence-deloyale-992893 https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/air-defense/exclu... "Elon Musk's company complains about subsidies from France and Europe, and calls on Washington to act." > I have some trepidation about letting capitalism decide our priorities in space, but so far it is helping us make really exciting progress Oh, the irony! In the meantime: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station - https://consumer.huawei.com/za/community/details/Huawei-Mate-60-Pro-is-the-world-s-first-satellite-calling-phone/topicId_280286/ https://consumer.huawei.com/za/community/details/Huawei-Mate... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Prog... - https://www.space.com/china-landspace-ready-for-reusable-rocket-test https://www.space.com/china-landspace-ready-for-reusable-roc...