Thoughts on this?

I'm in Europe (well, the UK) and I definitely want to see Europe develop as much of its own space industry as possible, so Europe doesn't have to rely on foreign billionaires or dictators for space services.

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Ariane is an absolute shit show. Unfortunately the European space sector had gotten the bureaucratic rot which is always difficult to fight in government run entities.

I despise the space sector being overrun by VCs, but we really really need something competitive to spacex in Europe, and ariane and vega will never be it. And unfortunately ESA (and definitely not EUSpa) are just not up to it currently. ESA are evolving though, and have made huge strides in adjusting processes and enabling more efficient development.

(I work in the space sector, and I literally just submitted a bid to an ESA tender today 😅)

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 14 hours ago

    That makes sense. I don't know tons about the space industry but I think SLS in America has been very expensive, while private rockets - from morally bankrupt billionaires - have turned out to be much more affordable. Hopefully Europe will have more success with rockets, whether publicly or privately owned, but preferably without the morally bankrupt billionaires.

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