From: Kai Becker (kmb@cameron.kn-bremen.de)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 00:57:33 MST
Am Montag, 27. Januar 2003 04:41 schrieb Robert J. Bradbury:
> Interestingly it points out how Europeans are only
> spending $15/head on space while the U.S. is spending
> $110/head.
AFAIK, we spent the most of the difference for our social systems.
But there are significant achievements in space technology. Ariane is
AFAIK the most economical launch vehicle today. The Spacelab, the second
Ariane unit and the Columbus lab for the ISS is build in Bremen/Germany,
right where I live :-)
How much of the US amount for space is real progress, and how much is
keeping the old shuttles working?
> [Yes, I *do* know that the U.S. subsidizes its farmers as well
> but I believe the European subsidies are generally higher.]
I found statements in different directions. While Handelsblatt[1] said in
November that EU pays more to their farmers than the US, ZDF[2] wrote in
August that the EU pays 14,000 US$/farmer but the US 20,000 US$/farmer.
Kai
[2] http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/0,1872,2012384,00.html
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== Kai M. Becker == kmb@cameron.kn-bremen.de == Bremen, Germany ==
"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
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