Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy disaster

Re:Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy d... by mrguyorama on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:49PM (#35616487)

There's also the fact that pretty much every useful technology from WW2 ended up being made by dominant industry in the US, because everyone else was rubble.

Silicon Valley was Silicon Valley before FAANG

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Re:Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy d... by ChuckNorris89 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @01:10PM (#35616789)

Airbus came much later than Boeing and managed to be a worthy global competitor.

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Re:Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy d... by BiteCode_dev on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @01:38PM (#35617189)

Which makes it even more impressive.

But I can tell you as a French, not having any natural resource and an economy mostly based on services in today's world is not making me bet on a bright future for us.

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Re:Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is turning into a space policy d... by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:18AM (#35626408)

I saw there's still plenty of manufacturing in France, not just the service industry.

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