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Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief

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Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) aims to launch re-useable rockets after Ariane 6 to recover the delays accumulated in relation to the US company SpaceX, led by billions of Elon Musk, declared Josef Aschbacher, director of ESA, in a...

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Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief

Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

In the future, the European Space Agency (ESA) will also be sending multiple-use missiles into space. "We need to catch up with SpaceX, which has dominated so far, and bring a reusable launcher onto the market relatively quickly," said ESA CEO Josef Aschenbacher in an AFP conversation. "We are on the right track," he added. ESA selected five companies in the summer, which will be presented with a view to funding at the ESA Council of Ministers i…

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The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to compete with Elon Musk's space company, SpaceX, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview. According to the expert, this requires Europe to develop its own reusable space rockets as soon as possible. The European Space Agency currently uses two types of rockets for space missions, the Vega and Ariane-6. The latter was recently put into service in July 2024, and the director considers …

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Europe must quickly acquire its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up with SpaceX, the leader of billionaire Elon Musk, told AFP the director of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, in an interview. While the American company holds an overwhelming advance in the booming industry of space launches, a series of setbacks, notably [...]

The European Space Agency aims to launch reusable rockets for Ariane 6 in order to catch up with Elon Musk's SpaceX company, said in an interview with the AFP the director of ESA Jo...

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