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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by mecfs@lemmy.world to c/space@lemmy.world

Will it be able to compete at all costs wise, given its lack of reusability?

BBC mentioned it would probably be a decade before the ESA reaches that sort of technology.

Sorry for dumb question I haven’t been following space stuff at all. But I read a couple articles on yesterdays launch and was interested.

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[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think the only niche will be stubborn European governments.

[-] mecfs@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I mean in any case it’s good to have a backup to not have to rely on someone as uhh… unfavourable and unpredictable as Musk, but that’s disappointing to hear.

[-] mercano@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah, unfortunately, SpaceX is streets ahead of anyone else in the launch industry in terms of reusability and, in turn, price. In a purely capitalistic system, they’d be putting everyone else out of business, but the US government wants a second source vendor, so ULA stays around, and foreign governments want independent access to space, for a combination of national security and pride, so the Russian, Chinese, Indian, and European space agencies keep on trucking.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I suspect in 10 years or so that’ll change. There are lots of new space companies, it just takes a long time to build a new rocket.

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