would be easier to get SpaceX to manufacture and take off from Europe wouldnt it, cheaper too I would expect.
Musk might be an arsehole, but he has done a really good job in forcing complacent companies to up their game in space exploration and electric cars.
“These companies, including Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and HyImpulse in Germany, PLD Space in Spain, and Orbex and Skyrora in Britain, operate much more like the US commercial space industry. Each has relied primarily on private funding for the development of its rocket technologies and plans to compete for commercial contracts to launch small satellites.
France has largely been left out of this new commercial launch industry, and Paris-based ArianeGroup probably would not mind seeing the competition stamped out. In other words, France could be worried enough about losing its launch leadership in Europe.
Giving a large development contract to ArianeGroup for the Maïa rocket would be one way to kill off the competition in other countries before it gets going. Giving money to ArianeGroup now is a little bit like the United States funding United Launch Alliance to build a reusable rocket 15 years ago, which would have substantially harmed or perhaps even killed SpaceX during its formative years.”
So… France is spending this money to kill promising new European startups because they will probably outcompete arianegroup… and, more importantly, aren’t French. That’s is seriously messed up
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would be easier to get SpaceX to manufacture and take off from Europe wouldnt it, cheaper too I would expect.
Musk might be an arsehole, but he has done a really good job in forcing complacent companies to up their game in space exploration and electric cars.
“These companies, including Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and HyImpulse in Germany, PLD Space in Spain, and Orbex and Skyrora in Britain, operate much more like the US commercial space industry. Each has relied primarily on private funding for the development of its rocket technologies and plans to compete for commercial contracts to launch small satellites.
France has largely been left out of this new commercial launch industry, and Paris-based ArianeGroup probably would not mind seeing the competition stamped out. In other words, France could be worried enough about losing its launch leadership in Europe.
Giving a large development contract to ArianeGroup for the Maïa rocket would be one way to kill off the competition in other countries before it gets going. Giving money to ArianeGroup now is a little bit like the United States funding United Launch Alliance to build a reusable rocket 15 years ago, which would have substantially harmed or perhaps even killed SpaceX during its formative years.”
So… France is spending this money to kill promising new European startups because they will probably outcompete arianegroup… and, more importantly, aren’t French. That’s is seriously messed up
this article is so shamelessly biased lmao
The Musk worship is strong