Can Poland into Space?

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    With there being a lot of talk about a new space race in the media, I thought it may be a good idea to make a little video covering the geopolitics of space. Focused a little more on geography than usual I would like to give you a good overview of the geopolitics of space travel and what the future space race may look like.
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  • @TheFireGiver
    @TheFireGiver 7 місяців тому +2599

    The Poland-Luna Commonwealth is inevitable.

    • @starmaker75
      @starmaker75 7 місяців тому +184

      5,000 space hussar of Poland.

    • @zer0homer
      @zer0homer 7 місяців тому +62

      @@starmaker75 GW should launch models of hussar-inspired spacemarines, they would be getting bazillions of cash from the meme squads.

    • @cliveclegg8799
      @cliveclegg8799 7 місяців тому +9

      @@zer0homerOh my god they should! But I think that it should be eldar not space marines.

    • @CocoHutzpah
      @CocoHutzpah 7 місяців тому +12

      ​@@zer0homerKislev Imperial Guard _in spaaaaaace_

    • @jeremigawkowski9775
      @jeremigawkowski9775 7 місяців тому +2

      @@CocoHutzpah Warhammer 3 moment

  • @valritz1489
    @valritz1489 7 місяців тому +749

    "Because as much as Taiwan right now cannot into space, when Russia tells her she can into China, Taiwan will remind Russia that Russia cannot into semiconductors."

    • @MynameisS_A
      @MynameisS_A 7 місяців тому +42

      Best part 😂

    • @Yuhyuhmuhmuh
      @Yuhyuhmuhmuh 7 місяців тому +89

      I know it's a meme but man that's pushing the limits of the English language

    • @sidharthcs2110
      @sidharthcs2110 7 місяців тому +12

      They can.
      Just not the latest and greatest chips.
      Military and space exploration lives legacy chips

    • @sidharthcs2110
      @sidharthcs2110 7 місяців тому +1

      They can.
      Just not the latest and greatest chips.
      Military and space exploration lives legacy chips

    • @gloverfox9135
      @gloverfox9135 7 місяців тому +16

      @@ArawnOfAnnwnIF the Chinese take it over. That’s a big IF

  • @dariuslegacy3406
    @dariuslegacy3406 7 місяців тому +601

    Poland doing an into space is a must imo

    • @sr-3734tqp
      @sr-3734tqp 7 місяців тому

      Why?

    • @xdlol59
      @xdlol59 7 місяців тому +24

      ​@@sr-3734tqpMemes 🤌
      Also Poland is great country 😎

    • @hernysaavedra
      @hernysaavedra 7 місяців тому +3

      @@xdlol59 the video clearly explains that Poland must launch the rockets towards east to save fuel... what could go wrong

  • @cheeseninja1115
    @cheeseninja1115 7 місяців тому +1011

    One aspect not mentioned in this is the problem of while there are many ideal launch sites, often the hardest hurdle is getting rockets to said locations. The US built up spaceports in Florida, California, and Virginia so as to connect them to mainland factories instead of the islands of Hawaii or Puerta Rico. ESA has they have to often ship rocket parts and their payloads from Europe all the way to French Guiana. JWST shows just how much logistical effort one really important item can take up and that was from California. This logistical hurdle is also why the Japanese space market often launches many smaller rockets as apposed to the US with medium to soon to be heavy lift rockets taking up a large section of the private sector.

    • @willichtenstein7071
      @willichtenstein7071 7 місяців тому +40

      Great point I remember that the key issue of the challenger disaster was while the rocket could be made as a single piece. Laws to send jobs to California required the hull to be made in California and the only way to get it over the mountains and into Florida was to cut the rocket into two. Challenger was intentionally launched despite known problems demanding maintenance. . . to stick to a schedule. "The laws of physics don't give a dam about your schedules" is the standout quote from when I learned this.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 7 місяців тому

      Tbf, Nasa's logistics are purposely complex for no good reason.
      First off, you got states like Alabama, Texas, Oregon, and all these places, who want jobs for their own people. So you get Nasa locations in Alabama shipping shit off to California lol.
      You also got situations like where politicians demand Nasa use SRB's in the space shuttle to keep ICBM companies in business.
      Undoubtely the EU faces similar problems since its even less federalized.
      But really its mostly just France and a few other countries that go into space, and their all close together anyways.

    • @SpartanNat
      @SpartanNat 7 місяців тому +3

      Nice pointing out Wallops! It’s definitely the smallest of the 3 NASA launch centers, but it’s almost like a slice of The Cape, just in Virginia. I’ve actually seen a few rockets from there, specifically Rocket Lab’s first launch from the US (January 2023) and the final launch of Antares 230+ (August 2023). It’s a beautiful area, not just for rockets but also for the islands of Chincoteague and Assateague.

    • @Anonymous-zu7dh
      @Anonymous-zu7dh 7 місяців тому +9

      Good point. There's a rocket launching site in northern Sweden esrange. For polar orbits. How do you get the rocket there? There's a railroad from the Norwegian port of Narvik..... That's still rather small for rockets despite the broader Nordic loading gauge but the only practically viable way beyond airlift and local assembly possibly.

    • @adamrhoads1521
      @adamrhoads1521 7 місяців тому +3

      @@SpartanNat rocket lab is slept on. I took a tour there and it’s pretty sick considering barely anyone knows about them who isn’t into rocketry

  • @kamikazemelon787
    @kamikazemelon787 7 місяців тому +707

    Poland deserves to into space

    • @altus1253
      @altus1253 7 місяців тому +5

      Ziggy boggy do

    • @Wagner1934_PL
      @Wagner1934_PL 7 місяців тому +17

      Poland was in space in 1970's

    • @putinstea
      @putinstea 7 місяців тому +3

      space is not a right, it's a privilege

    • @jakubosiejewski9859
      @jakubosiejewski9859 7 місяців тому

      Poland has its own space agency which so far succeeded in launching millions of zloty into the pockets of Christian politicians

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 7 місяців тому +6

      @@putinsteait’s a tremendous responsibility a minor mistake could turn out whole orbit into a 180,000 mph shotgun blast for hundreds of years

  • @iacobibrasiliensium2139
    @iacobibrasiliensium2139 7 місяців тому +470

    He did it boys he finally mentioned Brazil!!! And it was in a nuanced and measured manner that implies optimism for her future while acknowledging her past, YAY!!

    • @someguy9175
      @someguy9175 7 місяців тому +29

      aposto 30 conto que a gente vai falhar kkkkk

    • @iacobibrasiliensium2139
      @iacobibrasiliensium2139 7 місяців тому

      @@someguy9175 tem uma boa chance 😩

    • @mateuspires7282
      @mateuspires7282 7 місяців тому +20

      dito isso, continuaremos um país fudido

    • @pixelfiend7292
      @pixelfiend7292 7 місяців тому +42

      Can’t wait for Brazil to become a big player in space like people are predicting, like how they became a super power. Oh wait…

    • @Yuhyuhmuhmuh
      @Yuhyuhmuhmuh 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@mateuspires7282can't do worse than the US

  • @rafaelsequeira9150
    @rafaelsequeira9150 7 місяців тому +1253

    Please Kraut, keep posting your sources in the description like you used to do in your old videos, some people like me would like to delve on the topic beyond your video and some of your sources would be a good start.

    • @deltahat2625
      @deltahat2625 7 місяців тому +188

      it's just good practice in general to post sources

    • @theelsanto32
      @theelsanto32 7 місяців тому +52

      Yes it is an absolute must

    • @siechamontillado
      @siechamontillado 7 місяців тому +33

      Yes, it would be great to get sources again.

    • @lilbiggs4661
      @lilbiggs4661 7 місяців тому +7

      Please Kraut

    • @artonio5887
      @artonio5887 7 місяців тому +40

      And posting sources must be on the video description, not the damn discord, please.

  • @EpicgamerwinXD6669
    @EpicgamerwinXD6669 7 місяців тому +949

    If I was a betting man, I’d say Poland would get into space before Russia gets to the moon.

    • @TheFireGiver
      @TheFireGiver 7 місяців тому +77

      I'll get into space before Russia gets to the moon

    • @Butter_Warrior99
      @Butter_Warrior99 7 місяців тому +10

      I’d bet good money.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 7 місяців тому +6

      I'd say that's a sure bet.

    • @magictoffee7066
      @magictoffee7066 7 місяців тому +49

      @@EpicgamerwinXD6669 Well technically Luna-25 which was launched by russia also landed on the moon, just very fast.

    • @EpicgamerwinXD6669
      @EpicgamerwinXD6669 7 місяців тому +32

      @@magictoffee7066 that is certainly one way to leave your mark on the moon.

  • @SeruraRenge11
    @SeruraRenge11 7 місяців тому +274

    "and if something is dropped or goes wrong, it goes straight into the Atlantic"
    Well, except that one time it went horribly wrong way too fast. That was something you didn't need to see on tv as a kid right after your teacher saying something to the effect of, "if you study and try hard, this can be you!"

    • @defordumbas9302
      @defordumbas9302 7 місяців тому +76

      At least big bird survived

    • @SeruraRenge11
      @SeruraRenge11 7 місяців тому +24

      @@defordumbas9302 Yeah by sheer luck.

    • @TheDanorte
      @TheDanorte 7 місяців тому +12

      Can't even imagine how much that would mess with my brain as a child...

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 7 місяців тому +25

      Damn. The Challenger Disaster was before my time so I could never imagine something like that happening while millions of students were watching it live in school.

    • @maninredhelm
      @maninredhelm 7 місяців тому +26

      @@TheDanorte Being old enough to have been a child who even had a teacher apply to that program, and who himself had childish dreams of becoming an astronaut, my main takeaway from the disaster was that government agencies were nowhere near as infallible as I thought they were. The Space Shuttle had been a huge public relations success, especially among children. It had been presented as a miracle of technology and engineering, and to be fair it was, but it wasn't infallible, we weren't just a decade away from Star Trek like I thought, and if we could screw up something this important this badly then getting into an accidental nuclear war was probably only a 50/50 coin flip. Fortunately I was able to overcome that overriding sense of dread and futility to grow up, get a normal well-paying job, work hard, save up, and buy my first apartment in a big high rise in a major city the day before 9/11. #GenXthings

  • @TheDormantPsycho
    @TheDormantPsycho 7 місяців тому +56

    I love that kraut mentioned something wasn’t on the Wikipedia, and less than an hour later someone has added it with sources and all

  • @MiSt3300
    @MiSt3300 7 місяців тому +600

    As a Pole 🇵🇱 we actually CAN into space. We have had a cosmonaut in space (Mirosław Hermaszewski) we have our own private orbital rocket company (Space Forest, check them out) and we are part of ESA, the European Space Agency.
    Go Poland 🇵🇱🚀😆

    • @karlhibell278
      @karlhibell278 7 місяців тому +42

      Love your patriotism brother, as a fellow European Polands growth recently has me excited! All love from the U.K. 🫡

    • @histhoryk2648
      @histhoryk2648 7 місяців тому +10

      RIP 1941-2022

    • @thomasbohl6924
      @thomasbohl6924 7 місяців тому +26

      The meme came about because Poland wasn't a ESA member for the longest time. I have "poland cannot into space.png" and "A polish space adventure 3.png" from February 2012. Poland joined November 2012. I'm surprised that meme is still used because it's not that funny.

    • @vainthatoneoverhere
      @vainthatoneoverhere 7 місяців тому +31

      @@thomasbohl6924 Tbh, as a Pole I like this meme. Even if it takes a jab at my country, it's extremly motivating because you wanna prove it wrong. I even made a Stellaris build around this concept to play Space Poland with underdog story scenario. Quite fun motive.

    • @MiSt3300
      @MiSt3300 7 місяців тому +22

      @@thomasbohl6924 interesting, I didn't know about the back story. I think it generally falls into the category of "polish jokes" people just making fun of Poland and how Poland is funnily sloppy sometimes. As a Pole I find it funny, although I do realize that most polish jokes come from the time of imperial Germany and later 3rd reich (for propaganda reasons)

  • @Kraut_the_Parrot
    @Kraut_the_Parrot  7 місяців тому +44

    So, here is that video with that title that some of you have requested for over 4 years.

    • @hans2396
      @hans2396 7 місяців тому +1

      Nice

    • @sircatangry5864
      @sircatangry5864 6 місяців тому

      What you think about "Can Ukraine replace Russia in space"?

  • @raxit1337
    @raxit1337 7 місяців тому +36

    The comparison between Indian and Chinese news coverage is just not fair. English is used far more in India. SCMP is China's only internationally recognised English-language news publication, and they covered it.

  • @TheBreadlord
    @TheBreadlord 7 місяців тому +121

    One thing, regarding Australia. I am British, and as far as space is concerned we have a curious distinction. We developed an independent launch programme, using Australia as a launch site. And then abandoned the capability.

    • @demondoggy1825
      @demondoggy1825 7 місяців тому +31

      *launches rocket one time*
      Meh, I'm bored of this already
      *cancels rocket*

    • @thespiritphoenix3798
      @thespiritphoenix3798 7 місяців тому +14

      @@demondoggy1825 Prospero programme in a nutshell.
      The thing is the UK might actually become the European version of Japan when it comes to Space Programmes focusing heavily on Civilian Satellites and Solar Mapping.

    • @squeaksquawk4255
      @squeaksquawk4255 7 місяців тому +3

      @@demondoggy1825 We launched 2 rockets, they didn't work, it was cancelled. The scientists then persuaded the Gov't to allow a third launch, as the rocket was already being shipped to Australia. The launch was successful. And then it never launched again.

    • @squeaksquawk4255
      @squeaksquawk4255 7 місяців тому

      @@thespiritphoenix3798 Prospero was the sattellite. The rocket was called BLACK ARROW

    • @Ruddpocalypse
      @Ruddpocalypse 7 місяців тому +2

      The distance between the UK and Australia is very long

  • @BladderProductions
    @BladderProductions 7 місяців тому +159

    Poland has long planned to land the first man on the surface of the sun. After intense criticism that their astronauts would burn up, they explained they would go at night in winter time.

    • @dschortz
      @dschortz 7 місяців тому +7

      As a New Mexican I used to tell the same joke, but then Richard Branson into’d space and messed it all up

    • @rafamanko4142
      @rafamanko4142 7 місяців тому

      Tępy chuju masz nas za idiotów? wylądujemy w nocy :P

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD 7 місяців тому

      In my country we don't have Polish jokes, so our set up involved the Soviets sending brunettes and redheads to space, so the blondes plan to land on the Sun.

  • @RavignonCh
    @RavignonCh 7 місяців тому +1218

    Glad to know that India is making headways into the one place not corrupted by capitalism: Space.

    • @angelotheangelo3978
      @angelotheangelo3978 7 місяців тому +179

      Not corrupted by capitalism, yet :'3

    • @starmaker75
      @starmaker75 7 місяців тому +106

      I would have gone with this
      India: I'm going to the place with no Abrahamic religions, SPACE!!!

    • @donaldlee8249
      @donaldlee8249 7 місяців тому +53

      Space X: am I a joke to you

    • @Iggi-mv2ux
      @Iggi-mv2ux 7 місяців тому +44

      @@donaldlee8249
      Yes.

    • @lostlegend9015
      @lostlegend9015 7 місяців тому +23

      Indian Govt. have allowed private sector to work in space sector in 2020 so within 5-6 years at least 2-3 companies are going to develop their own rockets to launch. Within a decade after developing that they are going to aim big.
      Space isn't the only sector India is good at.

  • @hedgehog_fox
    @hedgehog_fox 7 місяців тому +78

    I am pretty sure the "Taiwanese nerds" you are referring to at 3:28 are actually Chinese university students from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

    • @kennethye4374
      @kennethye4374 7 місяців тому +24

      Yeah especially since they're clearly using simplified Chinese characters in the video.

    • @kevinzhou3
      @kevinzhou3 7 місяців тому

      The whole video is pretty propagandistic. He claims that China must be censoring news about India's space progress because his "media bias" checker can't find English language articles in Chinese newspapers about it. Well, obviously it can't -- Chinese newspapers are written in Chinese.

    • @ldelgg
      @ldelgg 7 місяців тому

      It says in his channel Hong Kong

    • @hedgehog_fox
      @hedgehog_fox 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@ldelgg No it is not, the school name is literally in the video. ua-cam.com/video/4xEx2EQIPD4/v-deo.htmlsi=OBEib12LPX1_jfgR&t=192

    • @kennethye4374
      @kennethye4374 7 місяців тому +18

      @@ldelggBut it says at the end of on the videos Nanjing University of Aernautics and Astronautics. (also there's a big PRC flag in one of them). So either a mainlander who has a VPN in Hong Kong, or a Hong Konger who's studying in Nanjing.

  • @mateuspires7282
    @mateuspires7282 7 місяців тому +56

    Amazing to see Brazil in this and with such highlight. I study electrical engineering and recently we had in my college a lecture from the president of the Brazilian space program, who also have studied electric engineering, and it's great to see that our program is truly relevant in the international stage

    • @ethandouro4334
      @ethandouro4334 7 місяців тому +4

      Esse vídeo está cheio de mentiras e afirmações sem fontes sobre o Brasil, apenas porque ele acredita no que um professor dele disse.

    • @ahwabanmukherjee5065
      @ahwabanmukherjee5065 7 місяців тому +5

      As an indian ee, my best wishes to you for surviving this degree

    • @mateuspires7282
      @mateuspires7282 7 місяців тому

      @@ethandouro4334 se vc puder elaborar o que há de errado com o vídeo pfv

    • @mateuspires7282
      @mateuspires7282 7 місяців тому

      @@ahwabanmukherjee5065 thanks 😄

    • @radio100jogosdeemacs2
      @radio100jogosdeemacs2 2 місяці тому

      @ethandouro4334 fala oq tá errado noq ele falou ae

  • @FredoRockwell
    @FredoRockwell 7 місяців тому +197

    Gosh - I hadn't realized that Russia's space programme was in such a dire state! In a way, I'm not surprised, but the reasons it is in such trouble are not what I would have expected. Thanks for the great video!

    • @korakys
      @korakys 7 місяців тому +11

      Eh, it's in a poor state for sure, but not for the reasons stated. It's entirely the problem of corruption, geography and geopolitics has nothing to do with it.

    • @bobert6259
      @bobert6259 7 місяців тому +28

      @@korakys geopolitics definitely has a role to play. What do you think Kazakhstan thinks when they see Russia invading Ukraine, meddling in their politics, not sticking to the security agreement they have with Armenia, etc? And now combined with rapidly diminishing access to technology like semiconductors and becoming an international pariah state. You don’t want to get into bed with a deal-welching, poor, outcast nation when it may bar you from western markets and technology and destabilize your internal political system.

    • @DOSFS
      @DOSFS 7 місяців тому +8

      @@korakys It's have contribute to Russia space decline but it isn't THE reason. Its isolation from other is the main points especially it lost most of its international launch market to new private launch providers (mostly SpaceX).
      So... isolation from international communities, lack of capital, lack of fund, corruption, (very) poor leadership that cause great erosion on Soviet/Russia space industrial base and institution knowledge and brain drain.

    • @FredoRockwell
      @FredoRockwell 7 місяців тому +6

      @@korakys Nearly every state function in Russia is suffering from corruption. I did think the fact that Russia's previous competitive advantage, rocket design, no longer being an advantage, is highly relevant. Also, as he explained, Russia's main space port is now in Khazakhstan, which thanks to geopolitics Khazakhstan is edging out of Russia's orbit. That makes geopolitics VERY relevant to Russia's decline.

    • @HemantKumar-id3jg
      @HemantKumar-id3jg 7 місяців тому +2

      ​​​@@FredoRockwellThat's bollocks. Kazakhstan is closer to Russia than ever. Russian military went to quell violent protests in Kazakhstan on the request of the Kazakh government just 2-3 years ago.
      Kazakhstan is part of CSTO (like all other central Asian nations). Russia is probably second only to China as being it's largest targest trading partner. It is in a trade associated with other central Asian states and Russia. That whole central asia area is Russia's backyard where even China hasn't been able to increase it's influence (despite it's proximity). The western narrative of expansionist and untrustworthy Russia isn't mainstream in Kazakhstan especially not amongst it's leaders.
      Most if not all central Asian nations have either opposed or abstained all anti russia motions in the UN.

  • @mr.normalguy69
    @mr.normalguy69 7 місяців тому +178

    Petition for Kraut to make more China and India related videos.

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 7 місяців тому

      I'm down. Their "cold war" is stirring the pot across the whole continent.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 7 місяців тому +16

      nahhh. China and India are good topics, but the news has been inundated with them bnoth for farrr too long.
      Maybe the guy could talk about the private space stuff.

    • @Xalerdane
      @Xalerdane 7 місяців тому +8

      He already did one about the both of them.

    • @HemantKumar-id3jg
      @HemantKumar-id3jg 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@honkhonk8009😂😂. You're right but unfortunately that's only going to increase specially in the space sector.
      Kraut missed that US is planning to return to the moon with Artemis in 2025, a plan made specifically because of Chinese ambition to do the same by 2040.
      Now, even India has said that it eventually wants to have it's own space station and land an Indian on the moon.

  • @AirForceNut
    @AirForceNut 7 місяців тому +52

    The US resistance to the Brazil space program surprised me because the NASA Aqua satellite was launched in 2002 with the HSB (Humidity Sounder for Brazil) instrument which was a Brazilian instrument. It failed within a year of launch, but was an example of cooperation between the two nations in space.
    Granted a instrument launched on an American Satellite is a bit different than a Brazilian Launch Site...

  • @chongqingcapybara1306
    @chongqingcapybara1306 7 місяців тому +20

    I know you love Taiwan very much, however that Taiwanese nerd is actually a Chinese student from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(南京航空航天大学). His name is Shang Liu (刘上), and he was born in Changde, Hunan, not in Taiwan.

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 7 місяців тому +8

      He got a lot of facts about China's space program wrong, anyone that watches this video could get the impression that Europe and India are more advanced than China in space and that's just wrong. He didn't even mention the Chinese space station that right now has astronauts in orbit, the only other country that went alone making their own space station was the USSR.

  • @Bluefire-zl5fm
    @Bluefire-zl5fm 7 місяців тому +70

    Currently studying Spaceflight Mechanics and Systems. Really surprised and happy to see this video appear in my feed! It's provided a lot of geopolitical context that my course doesn't cover.

    • @nadri3335
      @nadri3335 7 місяців тому +6

      This channel is all about geopolitics, if you became somewhat interested in the topic I would reccomend watching other videos of his, they are great

  • @kingace6186
    @kingace6186 7 місяців тому +42

    This is different from the usual videos that can be expected from Kraut, but, as a space enthusiast, I AM HERE FOR IT.
    Either way, space exploration is deeply tied to geopolitics so I hope we can expect more content about space on this channel.

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 7 місяців тому

      I think we likely will in some time, space will be the single most important geopolitical topic in the coming years.

  • @frederickbrown8222
    @frederickbrown8222 7 місяців тому +36

    This is crazy I was literally just thinking man Kraut hasn’t made an upload in a while

  • @pangolimazul6055
    @pangolimazul6055 7 місяців тому +26

    I'm a brazilian and my undergraduate thesis is about the brazilian space program. First I will say you got did point out well various things about the brazilian space program, including the bit about the quilombolas.
    It is also true that the US has storically been very much against the brazilian space program, which can be seen by a wikileaks of 2009 where the US tried to convince Ukraine of not cooperating with the brazilian space program. Not only that, the Accident of Alcatara, in which a big explosion of the first satellite capable rocket of the country occurred a few days before launch and killed more than 20 scientists, is sometimes speculated to be a work of american sabotage. The thing I though you were inacurate is saying that the US has stopped this posture against the brazilian space program. The Tecnology Safeguards Agreement negotiated in 2019 and ratified more recently did permit US companies to launch in Brazil, but it imposed a heavy ammount of control from the US to any activities there, whether a company launches a US rocket or just a single US made equipment, everything is overseen by the US. The agreement is much more restrictive than other agreements of this kind, like the one beetwen the US and UK. So the US is still trying to stop Brazil here.
    Another thing of note is that the achivments of Brazil's space program were made against the odds from a resource point of view, even more so after the end of the military. Brazil invests very little in it's space program, in fact it is the smallest amount as a percentage of GDP in all the big economies of the world. Not only that but the organization of such program is a mess, with a civil agency that has barely any power but planning(AEB), the military (FAB, that are in charge of rockets) and a very well educated laboratory that produces one of the most advenced space literatures in the world even as it repetedly recieved budgets cuts from Bolsonaro for their continual coverage about the Amazon deforestation (INPE). Honestly, I'm surprised we even have as much progress as we have now, since our government really doesn't invest enough into the area. The saddest part is that Brazil really has a good scientific community that studies the subject and universities that are top class in meteology and aerospace, we could probably achieve much if there was any substantial investment.

    • @jusu8961
      @jusu8961 Місяць тому

      Who the hell would think america sabotaged your tiny 380kg to orbit rocket? why would they do that?? why would anyone think that? rockets go boom, thats kind of their whole thing.
      Anyway i am interested in why you think america is throttling the brazilian space industry. its not like brazilian launchers really matter at all.

    • @gabfelippi
      @gabfelippi 6 днів тому

      @@jusu8961 market competition, our sites could cause divestment in america and we could get a good amount of advanced technology which is probably be seen as a threat by americans, specially now that space war is something in the near future

  • @berzerius
    @berzerius 7 місяців тому +35

    12:49 You forgot that India too was restricted by the US just like Brazil. Indian space program struggled and persevered through these restrictions. They were lifted only in 2011.

    • @hydrogen5087
      @hydrogen5087 7 місяців тому +10

      Let's be honest. USA did more than just restrict.

    • @fullmetaltheorist
      @fullmetaltheorist 7 місяців тому +8

      ​@@hydrogen5087Sabotage for sure. The USA is vad atcreatjng good engineers so I expect them to go talent hunting around Asia and Europe in the near future.

  • @wulf37
    @wulf37 7 місяців тому +28

    No New Zealand? Im surprised you didnt mention Rocket Lab and the fact that they're in second place after SpaceX in the private space race.

    • @neelpatelnek
      @neelpatelnek 7 місяців тому +14

      SK NK Israel also didn't get mentioned.
      Rocket lab is now US co so maybe that's why

    • @sackjavage6959
      @sackjavage6959 7 місяців тому +3

      Yeah I was really surprised to not see them mentioned, especially considering they’re among the cheapest if not the cheapest rockets launched at the moment

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 7 місяців тому +2

      Rocket Lab is an American company under ITAR that works for the department of defense and with American citizens on their leadership. They only use New Zealand for their location. Independently, New Zealand would have NEVER developed a space program.

  • @vh1830
    @vh1830 7 місяців тому +12

    this is one of my personal favourite videos you've done. thanks for putting in the effort to make these.

  • @roncedoniafinossenoresVCG1724
    @roncedoniafinossenoresVCG1724 3 місяці тому +4

    I'm Brazilian and to this day I don't understand how a country full of people, raw materials and a perfect geography chooses to sell what it has to the USA instead of protecting and feeding the national industry.

  • @pacocheung1864
    @pacocheung1864 7 місяців тому +88

    If Poland (with or without ESA) ever starts a kickstarter for a space program I think the internet would get together and chip in enough for a Polish space program
    I mean at least I would

    • @klosikowa
      @klosikowa 7 місяців тому +9

      Poland is already doing trials on suborbital rockets. There is two organisations who are doing their own projects: one is government owned- Institute Of Aviation with rocket named Amber 2k. The other one is private company named Spaceforest and their rocket is named Perun. Both organisations had test flights with lower altitude targets and in my opinion Perun is more likely to achieve suborbital space flight first because in recent months Spaceforest has already tested Perun two times and is preparing for third flight.

    • @Rabarbarzynca
      @Rabarbarzynca 7 місяців тому

      We are using KSP as a base for designs. What can go wrong? ;)
      Seriously though, Poland most likely will do something with ESA...

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD 7 місяців тому +1

      Can I get a "Polish Space Marines" patch as backer reward?

  • @kennethye4374
    @kennethye4374 7 місяців тому +24

    What was the Chinese space failure in 2021 though?
    Edit: Alright so I think kraut is referring to the Shiyan 10 satellite failure launched Sept 27. That or the Hyperbola 1 or Kuazhou 1A failures. But I'm not sure if that counts as "plagued with failures".

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 7 місяців тому +2

      Also those "failures" we're of the Chinese private space sector, a bunch of startups, not the Chinese National Space Administration (Chinese equivalent of NASA)

  • @benjammin9745
    @benjammin9745 7 місяців тому +6

    One of the things that truly makes me smile is seeing that kraut made a new video

  • @thedude4795
    @thedude4795 7 місяців тому +73

    God, I love the quality of your conten, Lance.

    • @notsure134
      @notsure134 7 місяців тому

      Is this Kraut lore cannon?

  • @TDroid-0208
    @TDroid-0208 7 місяців тому +5

    I was going to make a comment about how it’s been 3 years since the last “yearly” long form video, BUT you said be nice so good luck on making it

    • @Kraut_the_Parrot
      @Kraut_the_Parrot  7 місяців тому +6

      I know. I am sorry. Thank you for being nice.

    • @ultimategamer876
      @ultimategamer876 7 місяців тому

      you are loved and appreciated in the eyes of the Dark Gods@@Kraut_the_Parrot

  • @manlycorn
    @manlycorn 7 місяців тому +4

    You are somewhat incorrect in your explanation about why equatorial locations are good for space launches: While it is true that the equator does provide a boost during the launch, the much larger issue is actually in lowering the payloads' inclination, which gets most costly the farther you are from the equator.
    Since you seemed to focus on space exploration, rather than commercial or military satellite launches (which make up the absolute majority of all space launches), the advantages that some locations have are quite relevant, as almost all interplantary missions for instance would prefer an equatorial inclination.
    It still has to be noted, that most launches do NOT need to launch from an equatorical location. Equatorial orbits are generally only really useful for either interplanetary or geostationary target orbits.

  • @gwaith6666
    @gwaith6666 7 місяців тому +11

    Holy cow, Kraut talks of Poland🥰 Pls do more - we are in a very interesting point right now, basically divided into two hating each other Polands❤️🤍

    • @chlopakzpolski
      @chlopakzpolski 7 місяців тому

      nie widzę 7 gwiazdek, nie widzę też napisów jeb*ć PO , ani naklejek w stylu PiS gdzie za I robi narząd męski, tylko jedna strona nienawidzi drugiej, a ja poyebanych ludzi nie nienawidzę

    • @ColorPandora
      @ColorPandora 7 місяців тому +2

      There was nearly nothing about Poland in this video though

    • @Kulei666
      @Kulei666 7 місяців тому +3

      That's just how Polish people operate. Sees one pole and immediately gets incredibly excited. "Wow look mum I am at the TV!" @@ColorPandora

  • @piotr_jurkiewicz
    @piotr_jurkiewicz 7 місяців тому +65

    Rodacy, dokonaliśmy tego. Znów o nas mówią i tym razem nie przez Wardęgę!!

  • @ReySchultz121
    @ReySchultz121 7 місяців тому +34

    Poland trying not to be spiteful towards Russia challenge: impossible

    • @chlopakzpolski
      @chlopakzpolski 7 місяців тому +3

      Krauts not trying quarrel the Slavs challenge: impossible (if GER did not feed Putin via NS1 and NS2 he would be less neoimperialistic and Poles would be less spitefull)

    • @unlikelyhero3167
      @unlikelyhero3167 7 місяців тому +11

      BASED POLAND 🇮🇩 💪

    • @gloverfox9135
      @gloverfox9135 7 місяців тому

      Least based man in Poland:

    • @gloverfox9135
      @gloverfox9135 7 місяців тому

      @@chlopakzpolskiLeave to the Germans to cooperate the with Russians. Wouldn’t be the first time that happened lol.

  • @someone_stole_my_handle
    @someone_stole_my_handle 7 місяців тому +12

    My godfather used to work for the Brazilian space program, and I feel like you forgot to mention something important (or maybe it just isn't public knowledge).
    Several years ago a launch went catastrophically wrong: the rocket (I can't remember what it's name was) exploded killing a lot of important people in the Brazilian space sector, that were my godfather's friends and co-workers. The lost of life, of the expertise the dead had, of the rocket, of the money it costed and the consequently lost face basically meant that the funding for the space program was almost non existence, which set it back for at least a decade.
    (This is a story I grew up hearing, and I haven't thought about it in a long time, so forgive me if the details are a little vague)
    Edit: I just googled it in 2003 the VLS-01 (Veículo Lançador de Satélites) exploded while it was still being worked on, three days before scheduled launch, killing 21 people and the dream of an Brazilian rocket.

  • @purushottam_paramdharma
    @purushottam_paramdharma 7 місяців тому +5

    Brazil was not the only one who was restricted rocket technology for their space program.
    It was the same for India, hence why we relied on the Soviets to launch our first satellites and based our engines on Soviet technology

  • @poisonousbadge126
    @poisonousbadge126 7 місяців тому +3

    Kraut makes the most entertaining, enticing and educating vids ever!

  • @JJAB.
    @JJAB. 7 місяців тому +8

    To answer the question in the title.
    Poland right now is about to achieve the ability to launch suborbital rockets. That's no it yet, but the Perun rocket is a big steap in direction towards the stars for Poland.

    • @prkp7248
      @prkp7248 7 місяців тому +1

      We had our own science rocket program in 50s and 60s that was closed without any reasonable reason while it was in advanced stage.

  • @arneboeckxstaens4228
    @arneboeckxstaens4228 7 місяців тому +4

    Love your amazing video’s kraut. Keep it up💪

  • @Sesarrbg
    @Sesarrbg 7 місяців тому +24

    Equatorial orbits are not the only desirable orbits for satellites. Currently Russia's second most advanced cosmodrome is at Plesetsk, which is even further north from Helsinki. It's used for polar orbit launches. USA also launches a vast number of polar orbit flights from Vandenberg, California.

    • @BigBoss-sm9xj
      @BigBoss-sm9xj 7 місяців тому

      yep I get to see some of their launches

  • @thewingedserpent5823
    @thewingedserpent5823 7 місяців тому +11

    French guyana is an oversees department and not a territory. It has the same status as any other department of metropolitan france so the likelyhood of it going independed is probably rather slim

    • @xijinpig8982
      @xijinpig8982 7 місяців тому +4

      So was Goa to Portugal lol, how did that end?

    • @barmybarmecide5390
      @barmybarmecide5390 7 місяців тому +8

      ​@@xijinpig8982french Guyana has voted twice in favour of remaining a part of France and rejecting autonomy. Besides, Goa was invaded by India. Are you suggesting Brazil will invade France through the Amazon rainforest lmao

    • @thewingedserpent5823
      @thewingedserpent5823 7 місяців тому +1

      @xijinpig8982 was goa ever more than a colonial territory?
      Regardless the point is moot since goa didn't chose independece, it was invaded and annexed.

    • @barmybarmecide5390
      @barmybarmecide5390 7 місяців тому +1

      @@thewingedserpent5823 technically yes, but nobody ever considered Goa a decolonised territory, whereas the entire world, NGOs and states, agree that French Guiana is a decolonised territory

    • @vmedhe2
      @vmedhe2 7 місяців тому +1

      The French said the same thing about Algeria.

  • @TheVakama112
    @TheVakama112 7 місяців тому +4

    My day just went from no Kraut lecture to Kraut lecture. 🤠

  • @jannegrey593
    @jannegrey593 7 місяців тому +15

    Very good video. And yes, the "history" of how Brazilian "launch site" came to be is complete news to me. Thanks for covering that.

    • @jclfreitas
      @jclfreitas 7 місяців тому +1

      It's called expropriation and happens all the time, including in countries where the rule of law applies (let alone in Brazil). Who cares?

    • @jannegrey593
      @jannegrey593 7 місяців тому +1

      @@jclfreitas I care because while it is normal it isn't usually hidden from people's view. That's the point of contention (at least biggest one). Doing it shadely.

    • @incognitoman3656
      @incognitoman3656 7 місяців тому

      @@jannegrey593 WE GOT IT ON THE SPACEPORT WIKIPEDIA PAGE

    • @janaejoaodosacramento9731
      @janaejoaodosacramento9731 7 місяців тому

      and it acually existening its kinda of a miracle honestly, very little funding , political and military pressures and retrictions on its power , and acidents that killed people with a lot of expertixe

  • @zachl3330
    @zachl3330 7 місяців тому +4

    Very cool to see the location of space ports mentioned, ever since Mossdeep City in Hoenn being based off Tanegashima, it was interesting to see the low latitude east coasts was such a common location for launches

  • @hardlineamerican8495
    @hardlineamerican8495 7 місяців тому +8

    As a space and politics nerd I need your sources on this.
    Absolutely want to learn every detail I can

  • @janusztracz542
    @janusztracz542 7 місяців тому +2

    DAMN YOU KRAUT
    I was clickbaited thinking it will be about Poland

  • @todberry5068
    @todberry5068 7 місяців тому

    This was fun to watch!! Thank you for being witty and entertaining

  • @CSGhostAnimation
    @CSGhostAnimation 7 місяців тому +7

    9:54 I experienced this firsthand in Japan. The Tokyo Skytree had a small aerospace museum, and I was FLOORED when I saw it. Japan landed on a damn ASTEROID and fired the sample BACK TO EARTH-- the sample was on display at the museum. I was alone in that museum, everyone else was buying some silly tourist nonsense. It blows my mind that nobody cares about Japan's space achievements.

    • @themafix8348
      @themafix8348 7 місяців тому +3

      The world is a small place.

  • @nadri3335
    @nadri3335 7 місяців тому +8

    Imagine some spaniards making a voyage around the solar system, it would be awesome

  • @lukasschimpf6862
    @lukasschimpf6862 7 місяців тому

    Glad to see another upload, keep it up!

  • @fusionsub
    @fusionsub 7 місяців тому

    Nice to see this type of video once and a while.

  • @tremendousbaguette9680
    @tremendousbaguette9680 7 місяців тому +4

    Brazil also suffered a setback in 2003 when there was an explosion at the launch site.

  • @flags5765
    @flags5765 7 місяців тому +4

    The soviet space program didnt exactly stagnated after korolev they kept on going and were onto produce stuff like the energia
    The problem is that the soviet space program was in the soviet union

  • @jjfad087
    @jjfad087 7 місяців тому +1

    Hi watching from Guam here. Thank you for your great content !

  • @WasatyPanKazimierz
    @WasatyPanKazimierz 7 місяців тому +1

    Your videos are a treasure. Thank you!

  • @rohansrivastava6396
    @rohansrivastava6396 7 місяців тому +3

    Keep up the good work

  • @belo2733
    @belo2733 7 місяців тому +4

    The US also launches out of California , from Vandenberg space force base, and Virginia, from Wallops. There are also some private companies with small sat launch vehicles that launch out of Alaska.

    • @demondoggy1825
      @demondoggy1825 7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, Kraut seems to be focusing specifically on equatorial launches.
      Also he left out Texas.

  • @LitmusPapyrus
    @LitmusPapyrus 7 місяців тому

    I never saw this recommended, glad I checked your channel after your community post

  • @Hellschwarz
    @Hellschwarz 7 місяців тому

    Nice video again
    I learned a lot about space travel today

  • @reluctantcrusader8455
    @reluctantcrusader8455 7 місяців тому +7

    Kraut, I believe you got some details wrong in this video. For example, you said the Philippines relied on China for its satelite launches but if you looked up the list of Philippine satellites, you would find that most of those launches are from the United States. Sure, most of those launches are in the 2010s but even if you focus onlyvon satellite launches before 2010, you would only find 2 satellite launches and only 1 of those is Chinese.

    • @uncommon_name9337
      @uncommon_name9337 6 місяців тому

      I recall the last ones were launched from Japan

  • @pixelfiend7292
    @pixelfiend7292 7 місяців тому +4

    Can’t wait for Brazil to become a big player in space like people are predicting, like how they became a super power. Oh wait…

    • @ethandouro4334
      @ethandouro4334 7 місяців тому +3

      This country will only be something when people like our citizens stop coping about it and actually do something

  • @slyasleep
    @slyasleep 7 місяців тому

    Great video, thanks!

  • @stormelemental13
    @stormelemental13 7 місяців тому

    That was one of the best ads/sponsorships I've seen inserted into a video. Damn that was smooth.

  • @oleksii_levenko
    @oleksii_levenko 7 місяців тому +13

    Korolev's biography is a perfect example of USSR and Russia (and authocracies in general) shooting itself in the knee in pursuit of a total control

  • @linerider195
    @linerider195 7 місяців тому +7

    A hard moment when following any youtuber is when he covers a topic you're familiar with.
    Your portrayal of the chinese space program is dismissive and downplays their enormous achievements. Two crewed space stations, significant activities in cislunar space...
    The video is also riddle with other smaller inaccuracies, but nothing that detracts from the main message too strongly.
    There are also some omissions. For example there is another, more important, reason spaceports must be close to the equator, it's very hard or impossible to achieve low inclination orbits otherwise, including GEO and a number of trajectories beyond Earth's sphere of influence. This is not crucial, but it's a pet peeve of mine that it gets forgotten since it's so important.
    China notwithstanding, it's a good video although definitely an outsider's perspective.

  • @TheGoodluckjonny
    @TheGoodluckjonny 7 місяців тому

    Holy shit - Kraut doing a video about space exploration? What is this, my birthday, Christmas and Easter combined?
    Seriously, this was amazing. The video was as great as always, but that this was about a topic I’m pretty passionate about (more than your usual topics) was even better. I’d love to see more videos about this topic, but even so I’m looking forward to whatever you produce next!

  • @user-vv9ow7vq4n
    @user-vv9ow7vq4n 7 місяців тому +1

    I liked your Brain4breakfast style. Really great video, i learned a ton of new things.

  • @fws88
    @fws88 7 місяців тому +4

    Funny coincidence, today was actually the grand opening of the Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway. (It's only a launch site for smaller satellites though, up to 1500kg)

  • @turtek12
    @turtek12 7 місяців тому +5

    The location of launch sites isn't actually as big a hurdle as it's often said to be. For one, artificial launch sites (offshore platforms) have always been an option--the Italians, prior to ESA's organization, launched rockets from an offshore platform off eastern Africa. There was a joint venture to launch Zenit rockets from a similar platform called SeaLaunch, though that went bankrupt for political reasons. And, if one gets really desperate, one can actually launch against Earth's rotation by firing westward--Israel does this because all its eastern neighbors are unpleasant. You eat some percentage loss in payload, but that can be countered by making a bigger rocket. The loss isn't really huge anyway--on the order of 10%.

    • @andreassag
      @andreassag 7 місяців тому

      While there are alternative lunch platforms, they are severely limited in terms of efficiency and size. To my knowledge, most of the rockets shot from offshore platforms are suborbital rockets, because no offshore platform support the sizes required for orbital rockets. It also extends the time, and is more complex (transpiration) then shore-based lunch sites. It is not without reason why SpaceX for example have given up on offshore based lunch platforms, even if they claim that they'll revisit the idea.

    • @turtek12
      @turtek12 7 місяців тому +1

      @@andreassag Most, yes, but not all--Zenit was a quite large rocket, comparable to Falcon 9, and it flew mostly off a platform.

  • @shzarmai
    @shzarmai 7 місяців тому +2

    Please make a video on the moral arc of history

    • @090giver090
      @090giver090 7 місяців тому

      Do you mean historiography? History has no moral (or narrative) arcs unless people who write history insert some.

    • @shzarmai
      @shzarmai 7 місяців тому +1

      I guess so, I think a video on thd idea itself of the moral arc of history would be interesting

  • @sulfie46
    @sulfie46 7 місяців тому

    The perfect 16 minutes to spend before my class. Cheers!

  • @ChorltonBrook
    @ChorltonBrook 7 місяців тому +3

    personal bugbear 2:56 the USSR is not just Russia - BTW Zasiadko & Korolev were Ukrainian (as were a lot of the scientists & engineers involved) & you know the Baikonur Cosmodrome is in Khazakstan.

  • @thelastofthehitachi972
    @thelastofthehitachi972 7 місяців тому +4

    I heard they sent a rocket to the sun once, at night

  • @MrMotey
    @MrMotey 7 місяців тому +1

    I like Kraut videos and space stuff. This has both.

  • @denizo9263
    @denizo9263 7 місяців тому +2

    this is the smoothest segway to a sponsor I've ever seen.

  • @BreadLobby
    @BreadLobby 7 місяців тому +11

    As an American i gotta say. Im really happy for india and i truly believe india is one of our most important allies and we need to take them more seriously

    • @RonanHarkins-xk5zz
      @RonanHarkins-xk5zz 7 місяців тому +2

      Definitely if we can get India strong China is fucked so I think we should support them

    • @neelpatelnek
      @neelpatelnek 7 місяців тому +7

      This video didn't mention when US also sanctioned India & they put ban on Russian cryo engine sales to India!!!
      No such bans for china tho, it held us back by a decade, hence the reason for limited co-op, India instead has great co-op with France & Japan.
      All 3 nations focus on indigenous tech & not being seen as junior partners with washington

    • @xijinpig8982
      @xijinpig8982 7 місяців тому +4

      India and the US really got off on the wrong foot during the Cold War era, because the US, for some reason we will never know, looked at South Asia and made the conclusion that Pakistan would be a beacon of democracy and India eventually a communist failed state. We will never know the reason why. But that being said, I do believe there is a lot the India - US relationship holds for the future. I think emotional Indians need to realise this, Russia has failed. That was the past. This is the future.

  • @scorbiot
    @scorbiot 7 місяців тому +8

    I'm not sure it would be easy for Guyana to leave. It's considered a part of France and by extension, NATO and EU. If it were to leave, then I suppose Guadeloupe, Martinique or Curaçao could substitute it.

    • @barmybarmecide5390
      @barmybarmecide5390 7 місяців тому +8

      Guyana doesn't want to anyway, it's voted to stay, rejected autonomy and the pro independence party only gets about two seats in the regional assembly

  • @KBergs
    @KBergs 7 місяців тому

    Great video dude

  • @AnotherGuyV
    @AnotherGuyV 7 місяців тому

    Well made and informative video👍

  • @juliuszkocinski7478
    @juliuszkocinski7478 7 місяців тому +7

    So Poland CAN into space - just as a part of EU.
    Well, good timing on that, one Pole is already scheduled to go into space soon

  • @Kaikai1928
    @Kaikai1928 7 місяців тому +6

    1:04 HOLY CRAP GUAM'S GOT A COUNTRYBALL!!!!! CHAMORROS REPRESENT 🎉 🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🎉

  • @isacnascimento897
    @isacnascimento897 7 місяців тому

    perfect video as allways !

  • @Baconbitz-yd7jb
    @Baconbitz-yd7jb 7 місяців тому +1

    YAYYYY NEW KRAUT VIDEO MY DAY IS MADE🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @rogerman65
    @rogerman65 7 місяців тому +3

    What you are saying in the first part of the video is correct - for GEO-orbiting satellites, like for instance broadband television. But Sweden has a launch site for polar orbiting satellites already, in the north part of Sweden i.e., Norrland or in English North Land. And we have had a space program and launch site connected to Universities in Norrland and the rest of Sweden for a long long time.

  • @SunnyandBunny
    @SunnyandBunny 7 місяців тому +3

    9:22 Well the education system is pretty close to china's "driII" schools, only recently has some change being brought.

  • @Whisk3yKnight
    @Whisk3yKnight 7 місяців тому +2

    Was reviewing a paper on the Outer Space Treaty, hell of a time to release this😤🙏🔥

  • @fmobus
    @fmobus 6 місяців тому +1

    Brazilian here: the explosion at the launch site in 2003 was a significant setback, as it killed many experienced engineers and technicians. To this day, there are people who are not convinced it was an accident.

  • @eannamcnamara9338
    @eannamcnamara9338 7 місяців тому +3

    Something that seems to be ignored is that the USA, Europe and japan work extremely close together in space exploration, and india is slowly entering this space sphere. Thats why the ISS works so well(except for the russian part).
    You are correct on the asian space race, however the close ties of japan and india to Europe and the US in space means it does end up being a US china space race.
    Also for military and earth monitoring missions an orbit over the poles is best suited. For those the position of the launch site isn't important. So even if a country doesn't have a good equatorial launch site, they can easily get a polar orbit.

  • @josuemanuelparejacontreras6004
    @josuemanuelparejacontreras6004 7 місяців тому +5

    Hi, I am from Perú, I don't know how my country ended up as an APSCO member 😂, maybe in the future north region of Trujillo (very close to the Ecuador) could become new Chinese launch site

  • @nobodysanything2330
    @nobodysanything2330 7 місяців тому +1

    10:30 I have never needed more strength to continue watching a kraut video

  • @quronia2151
    @quronia2151 7 місяців тому

    dear apollo.. what an amazing vid. this is so interesting

  • @EZPZ_SoBadItsGood
    @EZPZ_SoBadItsGood 7 місяців тому +7

    In Israel we had to specialize in making micro satellites because, on one hand, our neighbors won't let us launch shit east over their territory but, on the other hand, we really want to spy on our neighbors.

    • @fullmetaltheorist
      @fullmetaltheorist 7 місяців тому

      Hey it's you. I haven’t seen any of your videos in YEARS.

    • @EZPZ_SoBadItsGood
      @EZPZ_SoBadItsGood 3 місяці тому

      @@fullmetaltheorist yeah im too lazy to make more

  • @tizioincognito161
    @tizioincognito161 7 місяців тому +3

    Frankly i think your analydis is very lacking in certain parts cause its not really up to date also.
    You meantioned that europe is reliant on guyana but thats not really true, france alone has ruly a wide plethora of territories to put new spaceports on, even if guyana was to declare independence, (and it very unlikely both considered the relationship between it and france and how much france doesnt like to let go) it could choose any of its island territories in the african atlantic and indian ocean to put launch sites on.
    Plus theres the netherlands, the netherlands also has its caribbean dominions, some of which close to venezuela, which could be better fit for launch than puerto rico.
    Also has to be noted, the rockets arent made in guyana, all rockets made by ariane are made in europe and then shipped to guyana, guyana potentially could have just the property of the spaceport infrastructure, but thats replicable elsewhere.
    Another thing about the european space presence is that europe as japan champions civilian space efforts, ariane is currently the best vector for satellites, europe produces the best space modules for space habitation, and has the second best gps system after the US.
    Has to be said that esa is also a key participant in the artemis mission, most modules of the artemis mission are made in europe, and most probably half of the artemis crew that will return on the moon will be european.
    Lately europe has also become less reliant on its guyana spaceport, EUSPA the european union's space agency (to not confuse with esa) just opened a polar spaceport in northern sweden, esrange spaceport supports subpolar launches, these type of launches are optimal for certain types of key satellite constellations and the EU is confident that it can use esrange to enact its agenda to create reusable rockets and constellations of internet providing satellites similar to starlink.
    These has to be said, arent just civilian in nature but are higly strategic from a surveillance and service perspective, infact von der leyen herself, seeing the unrelaibility of starlink in ukraine pushed even more for the creation of the european alternative in order to step in if allies like ukraine would need it.
    Aboit Russia you were right, they are ag the mercy of khazakhstan, and infact russia recently could not pay khazakhstan the lease for bykonur, so the khazakh givernment has it currently seized, its not clear if they are waiting for russia to pay again or if they are thinking about leasing it to someone else.

  • @fudgepuppyorangecake
    @fudgepuppyorangecake 7 місяців тому

    Love hearing some Agustin Barrios in the background! Also very impressive ad integration

  • @RURK_
    @RURK_ 7 місяців тому

    Today is a good day, Kraut video