Khraxter
Khraxter t1_iszmjje wrote
Reply to comment by trukises in Ariane 6 stands tall on its launch pad (esa) by lort1234a
That's... Completely wrong. Ariane 6 is a very important program that's designed to keep ESA and Arianespace competitive on the commercial space launch market.
Cost efficiency is very much not secondary
Khraxter t1_iwz5932 wrote
Reply to comment by The_Only_AL in Japan to Send Astronaut to Upcoming Lunar Space Station by Ok_Copy5217
Tbh, that's true for anyone beside the US. Whenever Nasa or SpaceX does anything, you'd think we found a cure for cancer.
Meanwhile, India, the EU, Japan and China just get on with it without much fuss. Hell, even those 4 get some press, I probably forgot a bunch more. I think Zimbabwe recently launch a satellite ? (Well, on a foreigner rocket)