2 ms·
Pencil pushing for pennies at Airbus/ArianeSpace is probably not that appealing. Going to work for the Chinese or Russians? Well.. as long as you’re not planni
by ywvcbk 2y ago
Pencil pushing for pennies at Airbus/ArianeSpace is probably not that appealing.
Going to work for the Chinese or Russians? Well.. as long as you’re not planning to ever go back home.
There aren’t that many options for people who want to be a part of a team that actually accomplishes something significant.
- timschmidt 2y agoYou say that, but at least half a dozen of these companies in the linked wikipedia list, all western, launched rockets last year. And several more are on track to launch within the next. Rocketlab is a serious competitor with multiple spaceports, a rapid launch cadence, and reusability and next-generation launcher projects in the works. Blue Origin is supplying engines to ULA and seems almost ready to test New Glen. Firefly had a successful launch. Stoke is working on a resuability concept that's even more exciting than starship, and advancing steadily through testing flight capable hardware. The list goes on. Rocketlab and others even have products which standardize the bus part of the sattellite or probe, so you just attach your science experiment or sensor.