That's what I thought. NASA may indeed be foundering in many respects, but the future is in the hands of T-Space, SpaceX, Bigelow, Mojave, Blue Origin, Armadillo, et cetera, et cetera. These guys are starting up a league that the ESA can't even conceive of, much less play in. I really would like to see their European correlaries, but so far, I don't. I'm the furthest thing from being an American jingoist, but so far, I've got to say that America is really taking the lead here. I really admire the pluck of Pablo deLeon in Argentina, and those ARCAspace guys in Rumania, but until investors in the rest of the world begin supporting the development of a private-sector space industry, the rest of the world will lag farther and farther behind. So far, the only non-American to invest heavily in space development is Richard Branson, and we can see where his money went...
Cheers,
Nathan.
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