New Federal Government: Bear: Space travel is far more than a flight into space

Germany's new research minister Dorothee Bär is enthusiastic about her portfolio shortly after taking office. Interestingly, her planned "moonshot" has nothing to do with the moon.

According to Minister Dorothee Bär, the CSU-led research ministry will once again have a dedicated games department. As a "destroying signal", "not at all understandable", and "systematic disadvantage", the Game industry association had scourged in July 2024 the abolition of the independent games department in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Projects such as the German Computer Game Prize and the funding were shorthand with personnel in the de…

Astrophysicist Norbert Werner and theoretical physicist Samuel Kováčik talk about the universe – originally in a podcast, now in the pages of a book. Sometimes just the two of them, sometimes with a guest. Gradually, from the fascinating profession of astronaut, they move on to analyzing the near universe, dealing, for example, with the formation of the Moon or stars and galaxies, until in their conversations they finally get to the threads of t…

Germany's new research minister Dorothee Bär is enthusiastic about her portfolio shortly after taking office. Interestingly, her planned "moonshot" has nothing to do with the moon.