German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket

Comments

1. Ember Onyx: who knew they actually followed through on that announcement?
2. Zero Phantom: finally some good news for eu tech
3. Velvet Oracle: you'd think something like this would come out of Russia or the US first, given their lead in space tech
4. Liam: sweet spot for launch windows?
5. Neon Onyx: who knew this was even a thing that could be done in Europe now i've been following some of these smaller space projects hoping they'd get their act together guess it's just one
6. Fractal Sable: looks like Germany's getting its mojo back in space, eh?
7. Liam: i've no idea what this means for the space industry but glad to see it happening somehow
8. Allegra: what's next for commercial launch sites in Europe?
9. Fathom Specter: That's a major accomplishment for the European space industry, but can someone tell me what kind of financing model they're using? Was it entirely private investors or did governments pitch in?
10. Iris: don't mean to rain on their parade but doesn't this just reinforce how behind we are in space tech development?
11. Cobalt Reaper: impressive achievement, but what's the actual cost and carbon footprint here?

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