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- nolokCongratulation and great news ! For Europe, but also the world, space access is one of those frontiers we can (and I believe will) see truly opened in my lifetime and I find that truly awesome.Interestingly there still seems to be a difference in approach between "few launch, expected to go well" in europe and "many launch as trial and error" in the US, with other countries falling somewhere in between those two limits, it's often seen as a threat here of "if we don't do more more often we won't make any progress" but ignoring the economical side (and I think it's fair, given than even with massive subsidies SpaceX is not financially viable until it feed itself through Starlink) it's been a remarkable series of years for new European vehicules launch success.Also one thing I have to point:> Europe now has sovereign access to space.I understand what is meant here, and of course said company need to push that forward, but French Guyana is full french territory, it's not even a foreign territory. It's part of the EU (known as the outermost region of the European Union), EU law applies, it's citizens are EU citizens, EU citizens from other countries can freely move and work and live there ... It's technicaly more EU than Norway.But less Europe than Norway, sure. Still, on the context of "sovereign access", I would argue both side of that coin have their attributes, and for long term sovereignty I would prefer EU territory instead of "inside-europe-Belarus" for exemple.
- sajithdilshanCongrats to Isar Aerospace. If any nation in Europe that can start a new space frontier, that would be the Germans and I hope Isar would get strong support from the Bavarian state to be a neck-on-neck competitor to SpaceX.
- consumer451It might interest folks to learn:> Incidentally, the early investment for Isar came from Bülent Altan, the Turkish ex-SpaceX guy who was in charge of the guidance system for Falcon-1, Falcon-9 and Dragon. [0]It turns out that Altan was an angel investor in Isar, and then co-founded VC firm Alpine Space Ventures [1] that continued to invest in Isar, among other space ventures in Europe.[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583528[1] https://alpinespace.vc/
- pyraleTheir press release seems to center on:> Europe now has sovereign access to space. [...] Customers around the world now have a sovereign launch option at their disposal.They apparently try very hard to ignore Arianespace.
- gagan2020There will be some chain reaction up there in near future, in our lifetime only.Congratulation to the team.These milestones are necessary to advancement of human race as we need new planets to occupy.But, we needed clear path going forward. I am both pro to advancement but with caution kind of guy.
- jimnotgymCongratulations ISAREdit: it should be Isar not ISARThis is a huge achievement and every person involved should be very proud.Please oblige me by not writing anything political in reply, let's just celebrate!
- Vishal_MaxI really like seeing new aerospace companies, and i really hope humans go interstellar by 2050
- hn9zmdcaouThe restraint here is admirable
- mnewmeAwesome
- morkalorkWhat the fuck is wrong with Americans? There's so many ignorant, racist, and all around shit takes in this thread.
- ChrisArchitectDiscussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580369
- OrvalWintermuteI want to congratulate Isar Aerospace on this very minor accomplishment. As you all know we basically invented the spaceflight industry with the competition, and you’ve had another launch provider built on colonized land, so I guess it doesn’t count.Feel free to go back to kvetching about EAR & ITAR.Sincerely,American AerospaceP.S. For a better deal on mass to orbit see SpaceX
- kevinkatzkeAmazing achievement!
- ronvara61Does someone know if they are planning to do a reusable rocket?
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- tgvThis might even influence today's election in Sachsen. With a bit of luck, it could turn a few voters to a more optimistic world view.