Posted on 08/12/2022 8:16:10 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western access to Russia’s Soyuz rockets.
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The political fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already been a boon for SpaceX’s Falcon 9, which has swept up other customers severing ties with Moscow’s increasingly isolated space sector.
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Excellent!
The EU can’t build its own “launchers”? Do they mean boosters, entire rockets, or simply the launch facilities?
I was relieved when the JWST made it into space, aboard the Ariane 5, which has some, uh, reliability problems.
Cool.
Fantastic.
Now they just need to buy our natural gas.
Once you go SpaceX, you won’t go back.
Where would you rather send your satellite to be launched? Kazakhstan or Florida?
Texas!
Last year, I got my daughter investing in the stock market with her first job post college.
I asked her what stock she’d like to buy.
She said SpaceX!
Said, sorry that’s a good idea but its a private company.
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