What does it say this November 4?

This Tuesday, November 4, more than 5 million French people are gambling on illegal sites, Europe is dreaming of a large cross-border TGV network, and Thomas Pesquet is afraid of “going crazy” if he one day goes to Mars.

“Hi it’s Leo, what does it say?”

This Tuesday, November 4, a study commissioned by the national association of online games, which are very legal, reveals that 5.4 million French people have played money on illegal sites this year. These virtual casinos, poker sites or esports betting are completely outside the control of the State. Young people know how to bend the rules and rely on League of Legends Or Counter-strikewhile these competitions are not recognized as real sport by the national gaming authority.

The European Union wants to develop a TGV network linking several capitals of the continent, at a cost estimated at more than 500 billion euros. First validated project: the Madrid–Lisbon line, which should finally see the light of day by 2034, even though there is no train line today and it still takes seven hours to connect the two Iberian capitals.

And then Thomas Pesquet comes back to Earth a little… In his new book Praise for surpassing, the French astronaut explains that he no longer dreams of going to Mars. Eight months of travel locked in a capsule the size of a Fiat 500, technical risks, solitude… he believes that the adventure remains too dangerous and too depressing.

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