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I strongly agree with you, only time will tell if these small launchers are viable, but when both SpaceX and Rocketlab struggled to make it work, why would they?

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European space can dominate the commercial launch market again IF they make the right, though tough choices. But to make those right, but tough choices, they have to first ask the right, but tough questions:

“Does a single solid rocket on the Ariane 6 and Vega-C really cost €20 million?” “So that the two on the Ariane 62 cost €40 million, and the four on the Ariane 64 cost €80 million?” “So that €80 million of the recommended €115 million price of the Ariane 64 is due just to the SRB’s alone?”

But ESA is lacking the *independent* oversight to be forced to ask these questions. In effect, ESA serves as the oversight agency of itself:

Towards return of Europe to dominance of the launch market, Page 2: ESA needs an independent oversight agency.

https://exoscientist.blogspot.com/2023/10/towards-return-of-europe-to-dominance_25.html

Robert Clark

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Like any launch system Space X is only two launch failures away from being grounded for a period of time. European launchers give flexibility and it should be a priority for European governments to offer incentives for these companies to develop.

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Кажется Ариан не нужно идти в сторону малых запусков, дать шанс для малых европейских ракетных компаний, настораживает Маск, с его политикой умиротворения росии, посмотрите на бывшего руководителя роскосмоса рогозина который призывает бомбить Украину, космической ракетой Союз и руководитель SpaceX призывает подчиниться росии, отдать земли Украины, а может Маск пойдет дальше с Китаем, если Китай захочет первый отправить тайконавтов на Марс и пригрозив закрыть завод тесла в китае, и Маск пропустит Китай вперед, что бы тайконавты вступили первыми на поверхность Марса?

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