supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 16 天前EU 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-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down13
arrow-up1275arrow-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 · 16 天前message-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareNewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-216 天前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.
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.