Comments on: French startup The Exploration Company completes first splashdown tests of Nyx capsule prototype https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/french-startup-the-exploration-company-completes-first-splashdown-tests-of-nyx-capsule-prototype/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/french-startup-the-exploration-company-completes-first-splashdown-tests-of-nyx-capsule-prototype/#comment-1628479 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:45:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=121359#comment-1628479 GeorgeC,

… and be handed a cold and refreshing umbrella drink by a gorgeous woman in a barely-there bikini.

If that prospect doesn’t finally motivate the Europeans to get serious about manned spaceflight, I don’t know what could.

]]> By: GeorgeC https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/french-startup-the-exploration-company-completes-first-splashdown-tests-of-nyx-capsule-prototype/#comment-1628473 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:01:01 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=121359#comment-1628473 The Mediterranean would be a nice place for a water landing.
Anywhere off the Côte d’Azur really. With some kind of inflatable pontoon system and
a small electric outboard the crew could self land on a nice beach.

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