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The Daily PollBEZOS? BRANSON? MUSK?
The so-called billionaire space race has dominated headlines of late thanks to countless rocket launches and commercial space flights to low Earth orbit.
But Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceX are not the only players in the modern space race which is a long way from the US-USSR competition of the 1950/60s.
The commercialisation of space exploration has enticed other nation-states to seize upon emerging economic opportunities, with some 72 nations now having their own space programme. Just six of these government-backed agencies have full launch capabilities – the US, Russia, China, India, Japan, and the European-wide agency.
Each company and agency have their own scientific projects and business endeavours, but many now work together to achieve their share goals such as human and robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
As part of The Good Information Project this month, we’re looking to find out where Ireland and the EU fit into the current space race and we want to hear from you.
But today we’re asking: Who do you think is leading the modern space race?
This work is co-funded by Journal Media and a grant programme from the European Parliament. Any opinions or conclusions expressed in this work is the author’s own. The European Parliament has no involvement in nor responsibility for the editorial content published by the project. For more information, see here.
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These are very lonely times for distressed people with no services & with Simon and Leo’s view on the countrys future and of course their spectacular failures in their housing and health ministries is it any wonder more and more citizens are despairing about ending up homeless & on endless hospital & social services waiting lists
The breakdown/disappearance of any semblance of community in rural Ireland is a huge factor in the rocketing rise in self-harm and suicide. Personally, my view is there is no such thing as society now – rather a random agglomeration of individuals who happen to be in the same place. On the peak periods for self-harm (and worse) there is no doubt that the period between Xmas day and Jan 1st is the most dangerous. I am aware of 4 people who have taken the ultimate step away from living in that period, over the last 3 years.
Liquid courage is definitely a factor. This is no surprise. Alcohol and cutting both serve the purpose of medicating emotional pain. In the case of cutting, the physical pain is easier to focus on than the emotional.
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