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Geostrategic considerations might make it impossible to use a foreign launch site.

• MichaelZuo 4y ago
  No country that I know of is currently, or has ever been, on bad terms with all launching countries simultaneously. Do you have any examples?
  • bleuarff 4y ago
    When you have business in space, having independent launch capabilities is a strategic matter, whatever your relationships with your partner countries are. E.g. Europe wants to keep access to space without having to rely solely on the United States.
    • MichaelZuo 4y ago
      How is that relevant to the parent point? > I wonder if a country without an orbital rocket program would consider buying them out.