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> issue is that Europe does not have the market for a reusable rocket SpaceX launched more European payloads in 2025 than European launch providers did. > the
by JumpCrisscross 8mo ago
> issue is that Europe does not have the market for a reusable rocket
SpaceX launched more European payloads in 2025 than European launch providers did.
> the current policy is for maintaining launch capability for only a few satellites yearly
The current policy is for throwing employment money at Arianespace. It's the situation America would have been if we were still stuck with ULA.
- gostsamo 8mo agoWere those payloads enough to pay for a second SpaceX though? And could such a company compete on price with SpaceX if it is created? TBH, Musk made his space market, but the only one capable of creating EuroSpace is Trump.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> Were those payloads enough to pay for a second SpaceX though? Today, probably not. When SpaceX announced "Falcon 5 and Falcon 9" as "the world’s first launch vehicles where all stages are designed for reuse" [1], the world was launching 55 payloads a year globally [2]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20080815163222/http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080815163222/http://www.spacex... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_spaceflight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_spaceflight