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Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil (www.space.com)
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[–] [S] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

East / west divide of Europe is rather arbitrary so I wouldn’t dwell on this too much tbh. Article author might have been thinking that Baikonur is in Europe too.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Western Europe is generally held to be Iberia, France, Germany, etc - UK as a border case as England was once aligned with the North until 1066. Northern Europe is its own thing.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 days ago*

    I live somewhat close to geographic center of Europe and have been watching claims of what’s east / west for so long I became desensitised to this, I think. Norway is closer to Urals than it is to Lisbon 🤷‍♂️

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