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   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2025/12/12 16:19:24, v55 wrote:   
      
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   > I was surprised to see Luxembourg on the list when I looked it up in research   
   > for my comment; here's a citation:   
   > https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/invest/key-sectors/luxembourg-   
   rtemis-mission.html   
      
   I yield to your better research ...   
   >   
   > It seems that it was more of a "joint effort" sort of deal; the article seems   
   > a bit unclear as to whether Japan did the launch and Luxembourg just gave   
   > them some payload to include, or if Japan performed their launch from a   
   > Luxembourg launch site...or something to that effect...but it does seem that   
   > Luxembourg-sourced equipment is on the moon somewhere.   
      
   ... but I very much doubt there are any launch sites in Luxemb(o)urg!   
   It's a fairly small, landlocked country.   
   >   
   > In terms of the EU...pedantry accepted, but it is maximum pedantry. Had I   
   > said "The ESA", you would have argued that the ESA isn't a country either.   
   > The point I was making was very obviously that the EU, as a government   
   > entity, has equipment on the moon. That the EU it is not a country is   
   > completely tangential to what was being stated, namely that it is the sort of   
   > expense that only a government-sized entity can perform, and that governments   
   > do not have the political will to spend that kind of money on a manned moon   
   > landing when there are other, more pressing matters.   
      
   Yes, I apologise for my pedantry. I can't help it :-)   
      
      
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