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JumpCrisscross 64 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its...

> for apples-to-apples you should compare to NASA rather than SpaceX

ESA is analogous to NASA. ArianeSpace is Europe’s ULA. Europe doesn’t have a SpaceX; Ariane 6 is a Yugo in the modern launch market.

m4rtink 64 days ago [–]

Rocket Factory Augsburg or Isar Aerospace might become the Space X of Europe. ;-)

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