alt Hacker News> issue is that Europe does not have the market for a reusable rocket
SpaceX launched more European payloads in 2025 than European launch providers did.
> the current policy is for maintaining launch capability for only a few satellites yearly
The current policy is for throwing employment money at Arianespace. It's the situation America would have been if we were still stuck with ULA.
Were those payloads enough to pay for a second SpaceX though? And could such a company compete on price with SpaceX if it is created?
TBH, Musk made his space market, but the only one capable of creating EuroSpace is Trump.