Think of all the climate change weenies in government who have been itching for a free travel vacation over the last couple of years.

Space programs are a handy way for governments to expand their military budgets without actually saying they're spending it on miltiary budgets.

You would be best served by finding a reputable numismatic dealer in your local area and having a chat with them.

There is a tremendous amount of fraud in the online market.

I would assume so, their Grandfather was originally from the US.

I know of cases where the 75 year old footlocker from the attic was opened and the family found a .45, a Luger in leather holster embossed with the SS symbol, and a flag that you can't put on display without getting the cops called on you.

"What should we do with this?"

"uh...close the lid and put it back in the attic..."

Yeah. If only they could get the people using the power to actually pay for it.

The US is trying to influence ASML to restrict sales of equipment to China.

A) Good luck with that.

B) Bad idea.

C) The irony that Donald Trump was the first one to start railing against China, got shelled for it, and yet today, China bashing is okay. What kind of fucked up foreign/economic policy does the US have?

D) Lion's share of advanced EUV fabs...well, yes, you're right, US customers dominate the order book. But that can change. $$$ talks.

You mean without ASML.

It's a global economy, they buy whatever they need from whoever makes it.

The US doesn't have an EUV company.

The Dutch do.

https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/china-is-fast-outpacing-u-s-stem-phd-growth/

I said parity, not beat. Please pay attention.

They simply have the power of numbers working in their favour right now.

They have the technological base because we gave it to them.

They have the people to run all of it because they graduate engineers and other tech nerds by the boatload, and many of them are western educated.

The only spark they're missing is a dysfunctional capital markets system that allows $$ to finance crazy stupid ideas.

BTW, nice deflection/no answer to my query.

...and you say this because?

I'm surprised that those 13 robotics experts haven't been brigaded by the tesla fanbois.

Ten years ago...twenty years ago...that would have been a safe bet.

The technology gap between the US and China keeps getting narrower.

I can see parity within the next decade.

China has been putting massive resources on a vertical scale to run at the same speed as more advanced countries for decades, while we're standing around whining about pronouns and getting professors fired for being too hard (recent NYU case, Maitland Jones Jr.).