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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by alfredpawney on Thursday November 23, 2023 @07:08PM (#38399287)
Thats a good point and it would be nice if humanity could divide and conquer responsibilitys in a more effective way. I mean It would be nice if Europe would specialize in deep space vehicles if this is what their best at.

They could allow SpaceX and the Chinese to compete for the Earth/Mars ship & cycler market, while Europe could step one step further distant. and become the king of ultra-long-haul journeys such as between Jupiter’s moons, the asteroids, etc.

Eventually this could culminate in Europe leading the creation of modern, state of the art new vehicles to run the Grand Tour and go so fast they outrace the Voyagers.

..Somewhere in these paragraphs I totaly forgot to make a good pun about ruling Europa

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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by sho_hn on Thursday November 23, 2023 @07:19PM (#38399365)
> and become the king of ultra-long-haul journeys

In terms of "looking far away", Euclid is pretty amazing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_(spacecraft)

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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by alfredpawney on Thursday November 23, 2023 @08:30PM (#38399825)
Incredible
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