supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agoEU fast-tracks merger of three European firms into one SpaceX rival. It wants to end reliance on US satellites that failed Ukraine this weekeuromaidanpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down13
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkEU fast-tracks merger of three European firms into one SpaceX rival. It wants to end reliance on US satellites that failed Ukraine this weekeuromaidanpress.comsupersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoIt almost seems like a ruse to justify creation of a monopoly. These companies are more like competitors for Lockheed and Boeing than SpaceX. Europe has fast-paced, dynamic space startups too, but these hulking behemoths aren’t them.
It almost seems like a ruse to justify creation of a monopoly. These companies are more like competitors for Lockheed and Boeing than SpaceX. Europe has fast-paced, dynamic space startups too, but these hulking behemoths aren’t them.