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Can Europe make its space launch industry competitive? (www.bruegel.org)

submitted 2 years ago by tomasz@lemmy.ml to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And that's how you lose the space race

[–] luckystarr@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not a race. It's a jobs program which provides thought essential services to the governments. Just that nowadays, what is considered essential has been expanded.

[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Arianespace had lots of international customers, not just domestic government. Presumably that's all gone to SpaceX now, but that's a new development. Arianespace used to be competitive.

[–] luckystarr@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

What I wanted to say is, even if they were to never again be competitive, they won't get dropped by the governments. They are a strategic resource of the European Union.