You’ll have to be more specific. When it comes to rockets, there simply isn’t much money to be made in europe. There aren’t any good spaceports in mainland europe and the market isn’t big enough to naturally drive big investments. You only have one government-operated launch provider whose main goal is to just exist, so you remain independent at least in theory and some startups that are trying to push into the cheapest segments of the launching business.
In terms of NATO defense, yes, many european leaders are “weak”, as in, they know that their citizens don’t want to get dragged into the war, so they take every opportunity to de-escalate. They all don’t want to be seen as the one starting a war.
You won’t find me defending their indecision, but their stance makes sense when you consider that they don’t want to engage russia. And there are some good reasons for not wanting to. There are better reasons to engage IMO, but I can see their side.
You’ll have to be more specific. When it comes to rockets, there simply isn’t much money to be made in europe. There aren’t any good spaceports in mainland europe and the market isn’t big enough to naturally drive big investments. You only have one government-operated launch provider whose main goal is to just exist, so you remain independent at least in theory and some startups that are trying to push into the cheapest segments of the launching business.
They won’t. Don’t feed the trolls.
ESA‘s Ariane 5 and 6 were very successful commercially in the launch market for decades.
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In terms of NATO defense, yes, many european leaders are “weak”, as in, they know that their citizens don’t want to get dragged into the war, so they take every opportunity to de-escalate. They all don’t want to be seen as the one starting a war.
You won’t find me defending their indecision, but their stance makes sense when you consider that they don’t want to engage russia. And there are some good reasons for not wanting to. There are better reasons to engage IMO, but I can see their side.