Starship hls isn't using SLS, it will fly on its own to lunar orbit and to the surface (with refuelling in earths orbit before going to the moon).

Are you really THAT ignorant to think the US isn't using NASA for its space program? Almost weekly militairy sattellites are launched from US soil.

And as a space enthusiast, I'd rather have my government spend my tax dollars on space exploration (and everything associated with it like, how to live in harsh environments, which also benefits us here on earth, as to wasting it on extra military, Ukraine or refugees..

No they don't, a special version of Starship (HLS) is targeted to put people on the moon. SLS might still be on the table if SpaceX and Blue Origin fall way back. But using SLS is REALLY expensive compared to using Starship/booster or New Glen/moonlander.

That's actually not possible due to international laws and agreements.

You mean just like the US is? It's not like the US isn't waging illegal wars or try to oppress other countries.. (and no, it already did that too when Trump wasn't in office).

Uhm, that's literally what Tesla did here in the Netherlands a few years ago.

They probably just ship the casing and the motherboard from China to the US, and then assemble it. That's also how many car manufacturers avoid duties here in Europe.

It bombed because nobody is interested in that 'sequel', nobody cares about an algorithm or a journalist. It never was a life or death revelation, so who cares.. but to be honest, I didn't even think the first movie was interesting, it just wasn't as interesting as a (tv)movie like 'Pirates of silicon valley'. The story about the creation of Facebook just wasn't that interesting/important.

That's the problem with the whole Prime app, it seems like they DON't want you to find what you want or looking for. Ot really has such awful categories, only way to find something is just click a movie or series and check the 'related' section and go tgat several times. Why would they bother with a normal genre and A to Z library (as an option). Best way is just to check the 'recently added movies' and series section, AND the leaving in 30 days section (but again as always with that utter crap Prime app, you have to search for those sections as they aren't in a fixed spot.

Just like bulletproof glass..... But of course much better...

That's not how it works, Flock identifies a suspected vehicle, detective (the one that gets paid to think) has to check the provided evidence before asking for an arrestwarrant, and in the end the patrolofficers just execute the warrant, they have to rely on the person issuing it to do their job properly and not having to question the warrant.

And that's the whole point yeah, Flock isn't to blame, any false arrest due to tye use of flock cameras is up to the police for not doing their job, checking the images/videos provided by flock these flock cameras or any data provided by any automated system. It's just plain incompetence if they don't check properly before doing any arrest.

You do know that even the Kessler syndrom is something that can be fixed with progress in new materials and progress in understanding. It won't be a problem for long.

And that's why we have R&D to sopve problems we haven't yet. We find new materials amd methods every day, we understand more and more about how nature works every day. Cooling and radiation are just some problems that need to be overcome, but without actual practical tests it'll be harder to do. It's not like we don't already have electronics up there, you think a Starlink sattellite doesn't already have highend cpus to handle all the data it needs to process 24/7?