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"Being 3rd" while only having a fraction of the populace of 1. and 2. still should give some opportunity for ressources. But sure, I am also not really optimist
by hutzlibu 3y ago
"Being 3rd" while only having a fraction of the populace of 1. and 2. still should give some opportunity for ressources. But sure, I am also not really optimistic that anything big is coming out of germanys space adventures anytime soon - but there would be ressources.
- fooker 3y agoThe population does not matter for the aerospace industry, you're not making roads or railway tracks, or manufacturing millions of the same thing.
- hutzlibu 3y agoWhat matters to do anything big, is mainly to have ressources avaiable. Then you can buy things you need and pay people to work on that. And I think we still have lots of enthusiastic space nerds as well - we just don't have any big company or project to draw them together, like Space-X or NASA did. All of the german/european projects are pretty fragmented.
- f1shy 3y agoEven if you put the 3 companies trying to make rockets in Germany you get nothing. Just too few people with enough know how. Not even the whole EU could undertake it. Is not about money only, is Human Resources and know how.
- hutzlibu 3y agoKnow how is mostly avaiable and what is not avaiable, could be bought or developed. What we don't have, is the dedication or the will to focus on space. And granted, there are quite some other problems waiting for solutions.
- f1shy 3y agoThis would mean it is more efficient in some way. If you insist in looking at positions in some ranking, and are interested in that kind of efficiency, then look at GDP per Capita, Germany is 20.