Comments on: ESA commits more than $100 million to encouraging private space companies https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-commits-more-than-100-million-to-encouraging-private-space-companies/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Star Bird https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-commits-more-than-100-million-to-encouraging-private-space-companies/#comment-1370686 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:27:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=90427#comment-1370686 Okay lets start building those Star Bases right away

]]> By: Call Me Ishmael https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-commits-more-than-100-million-to-encouraging-private-space-companies/#comment-1370149 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 20:50:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=90427#comment-1370149 The way this reads to me is “ESA will involve the government in every aspect of space startups, down to the smallest detail”. I don’t think that will go the way they’re advertising.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-commits-more-than-100-million-to-encouraging-private-space-companies/#comment-1370136 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:38:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=90427#comment-1370136 “Capitalism in space: The governmental officials representing all of the partners in the European Space Agency this week decided to commit $122 million to a program designed to encourage private independent and competing space companies.
This budget represented a 17% increase.”

How is it they say? Capitalism: always about to descend on Europe, but ends up landing in America!

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