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Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by saberience on Friday May 05, 2023 @11:19AM (#35830355)
If it was just based on money, why wouldn't Intel do it themselves, or anyone else for that matter? ASML is basically a monopoly, there is clearly big money to be made if someone else could make those machines.

I think you're doing disservice to the engineers and researchers at ASML suggesting they are only there because the US sent them money.

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Re:Arianespace CEO: Europe won't have reusable rockets for a... by dralley on Friday May 05, 2023 @11:28AM (#35830505)
Because the only way to make it profitable for anyone is to get the economies of scale of everyone behind the same development. Intel, Samsung and TSMC all invested a lot of money in ASML to get EUV over the finish line.
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