President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global space power, warning that France risked being squeezed out of the global low-orbit satellite constellation market.
    • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Before SpaceX, Ariane Space was pretty dominant in the commercial sattelite launch market. But they completely botched the Ariane 6 design and are now likely still decade away from having a reusable first stage, which is required to remain competitive.

      They can be lucky that SpaceX is wasting their resources on a reusable second stage, which will likely never be economical.

  • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I mean we have ESA right? As much as I love the idea of getting more budget for space stuff, I don’t like this Trump-esque nostalgia-driven “make ___ great again” rhetoric. When did we stop being a space power?