supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoEU fast-tracks merger of three European firms into one SpaceX rival. It wants to end reliance on US satellites that failed Ukraine this weekeuromaidanpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down13
arrow-up1268arrow-down1external-linkEU fast-tracks merger of three European firms into one SpaceX rival. It wants to end reliance on US satellites that failed Ukraine this weekeuromaidanpress.comsupersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoIt almost seems like a ruse to justify creation of a monopoly. These companies are more like competitors for Lockheed and Boeing than SpaceX. Europe has fast-paced, dynamic space startups too, but these hulking behemoths aren’t them.
It almost seems like a ruse to justify creation of a monopoly. These companies are more like competitors for Lockheed and Boeing than SpaceX. Europe has fast-paced, dynamic space startups too, but these hulking behemoths aren’t them.