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The ESA and Arianespace provide hundreds of European companies with business, most of those subsidies go directly back to the knowledge economy that in turn gen
by bojan 2y ago
The ESA and Arianespace provide hundreds of European companies with business, most of those subsidies go directly back to the knowledge economy that in turn generate tax income. It's a win-win really, and I'd rather have that than a private company that is dependent on a whim of one man. Not for something so crucial.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoArianespace is essentially assured launch leadership for SpaceX. It denies Europe economies of scale in launch. At the end of the day, if Europe is happy having a small fraction of its own launch market, whatever, Arianespace keeps people employed.