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Re:As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industr... by Retric on Friday July 20, 2018 @12:58PM (#17576753)
People get rich from government contracts. That's what drives a lot of this stuff not just jobs for voters.
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Re:As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industr... by Pica_soO on Friday July 20, 2018 @01:32PM (#17577090)
That and the wish for a stable society- not some aristocratic mess reminding of the late Roman empire, so ready for a final civil war as show down, that its rulers rather collapse the whole problem outwards.
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