• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    petunias
    Wood co-founded Light Bio with two of the researchers behind this work, Karen Sarkisyan, a synthetic biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in London, and Ilia Yampolsky, a biomolecular chemist at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University in Moscow.

    Aha. It’s true that it’s easy to get money for startups in the US doesn’t mean that the US comes close to Europe when it comes to primary research.

    Waymo

    wake me when Waymo is cleared for level 4 autonomous driving in a jurisdiction that doesn’t simply rubber-stamp anything silicon valley does.

    SpaceX

    ESA is on a different development cadence than SpaceX, it’s not like they haven’t done the maths on reusable rockets: Back when the current gen was developed it would’ve been more expensive per rocket. Also SpaceX’s launch prices are subsidised by the US government overpaying for their launches.

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      But people can actually use Waymo right now - that’s the biggest proof you need.

      ESA doesn’t yet have re-usable rockets period.

      The Falcon 9 is a decade ahead, nevermind Starship.

      And now look at Neuralink’s achievements too.

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        But people can actually use Waymo right now - that’s the biggest proof you need.

        No I can’t.

        ESA doesn’t yet have re-usable rockets period.
        The Falcon 9 is a decade ahead, nevermind Starship.

        Ariane 5 is almost 30 years old. Only a decade ahead is kinda disappointing. As to reusable: It’s a matter of economics, not technology.

        And now look at Neuralink’s achievements too.

        Old tech new hype.