I remember the naysayers of SpaceX 10 yrs ago. Still to this day a lot of ppl still think spaceX is a complete failure, I am baffled as to where they get their news from
ESA, like NASA is a government agency that is a colossal bureaucratic organisation. Decision making processes are extremely slow and financing is dependent on 23 nations who lack commitment to space exploration and have even less desire to encourage start-ups that could challenge is possition in the European market. Furthermore, it is ridiculously slow to realise the benefit of open competition because they had it good when ruzzia was tucked in nicely in the European bed. Europe lacks ambition and vision and I do not see this changing anytime soon when you see the EU doing what it does ... fast tracking the creation of a European version of the CCP.
Yup. NASA would spend billions on a launch for a one and done rocket. Space X is now spending millions for a launch and reusing rockets. Elon Mush is our modern Tony Stark.
Europe will launch Ariane 6, but not very often. Ariane 5 was nearly $150 million to launch. Starship will likely go down to less than $10 million and be able to launch much more at a time. Ariane 6 is an anachronism, a relic of the old, expensive and wasteful way of doing things.
I love it. ESA with their European attitude thinking their better than the US can't even launch one rocket, that carries one satellite, that can't be reused. Meanwhile, SpaceX is rollin' em' off the like at more than one launch per-week, plus carrying 147 satellites on one launch for multiple countries and agencies is amazing.
When Starship becomes commercially available, it will kill the competition. If Europe can't come up with reusable rocket, Startship will become the only space company left.
Starship "won't be a competitor" to Ariane 6 because the EU will mandate EU based satellite companies to launch on Arianespace rockets. P.S. I made this comment before I listened to the entire video. Sorry for repeating a point already made!
*They can mandate the Arianne launcher all they like, but unless they can get one to launch their satellites, or more than one, then the mandate means nothing*
@@MrNote-lz7lh *They're not going to do any such thing* They will do one of three things: 1) Go very broke 2) Announce they are moving overseas (ie: out of the Eurozone) and then do so 3) Stay in the Eurozone but change their business away from aerospace entirely.
It does NOT matter, the existing launching market is peanut for SpaceX. SpaceX is chasing the new demand created by the new space era, private mega constellations, space tourism, esource exploration, manufacturing, power generation, etc. The opportunity is limitless.
It is only natural. I am European, but ESA doesn't cut it for me either. I am happy that someone on that Earth like Elon Musk is going forward with this pace. If he had to do the same with SpaceX in Europe what he did in USA - it would likely have been impossible due to bureaucracy. Reusable rockets have changed the entire space game. Somebody had to do it. Kuddos to SpaceX. The rest of the world only need keeping notes for the future.
@@robertpsotka3525 omg do not mention the actual engineers behind the Musk bubble on this channel, and especially not if it is, god forbid, a WOMAN? geeez broo
What a great example of private industry out performing government agencies with a staggering lead. Boeing, ULA have been getting fat and lazy off US tax dollars and none competition contracts.
@@colonbina1 *Kevin, I am going to have to slightly disagree with you* Space X is succeeding not because they are "on another level" *They are succeeding because they are doing something the present day seems to hate: **_Space X is competent_* (It's also not saddling itself with Div3rsity Inclus!vity and 3quity programs, among other things)
Soyuz-2 rocket start mass is 313t, it delivers 7.4t to LEO. Ratio of rocket mass to load is 42.3:1 Ariane 6 A62 rocket start mass is 530t, it delivers 10.35t to LEO. Ratio of rocket mass to load is 51.2:1 😂
@@private808 apple was at 2 trillion in 2020 and are 3 trillion in 2024 😭. What’s a 4-5 billion fine to a trillion dollar increase in market value. You play checkers we play chess
Elon: You could not live with your own failure... Where did that bring you? Back to me. In all my years of Conquest... Dominance... Victory... it was never personal. But I'll tell you now... what i'm about to do to your stubborn, annoying little space program... im going to enjoy it. Very, very much. 😈
OK, maybe keep Vulcan but all the other companies should move on and build an innovative second stage or reusable space plane. SpaceX can handle all the launches.
Actually the Centaur, which has been used as a second stage for over sixty years, is the main advantage of Atlas-Centaur and Vulcan-Centaur. The third stage of the Saturn V moon rocket was essentially a Centaur, and the second stage was essentially a Centaur but with 5 engines, rather than the one or two on a Centaur. The only market where Ariane6, Vulcan-Centaur, and New Glenn have a slight advantage over Falcon 9 is in launches to GEO, and most of that advantage comes from the use of hydrolox upper stages. However it is hard for me to identify applications where GEO has an advantage over LEO. Pace Arthur C. Clarke. For example broadcast television is not competitive with on-demand streaming. In weather forecasting does it really make sense to deploy a multi-billion dollar satellite, like GOES, to GEO, or alternatively to add a Go pro camera to the tens of thousands of Starlinks which are a hundred times closer to the weather? Perhaps Arianespace, ULA, and BO are aiming at a dieing market?
Now if Jeff Bezoz could just pull his speedo outta his cheeks and stop suing everyone. Maybe shit would get done. We all know blue origin is just a highly priced paper weight..!
Since Ariane 6 is just the same old crappy technology as Ariane 5, why did Europe even bother to make it and throw away the rocket they already had working perfectly?
Lack of vision, but fully reusable rocket still seem hard to believe. Not all is lost. There are more generations of space access tech to come. Rail gun launching, or tethered orbital rings are yet to be attempted
Starship will be hugely profitable already in 2025. The cost per Kg of Starship is 1% of the Falcon 9 which already launches a Kg at 1/4 of the cost of any competitor. Europe would be crazy not to use starship at a cost say 1% of Arianne which still means a 4x markup for SpaceX.
@ 0:55 "... Space X said it would allow it's actions to speak for itself..." *Yes, and every other space launch / rocket supply company has done the same* (a lot of the time involuntarily) *_Space X is the only one to emerge from the process intact_* (Yes, Boeing, I am looking at you, though Arianne is a close second)
Clearly the problem is not funding, nor is it a problem of talent pool as they have access to a huge pool of engineers. The problem is that spaceflight is HARD and needs extraordinary people in leadership positions and a 1 in a billion person leading the charge. That my friends is what Elon Musk is. How does that salt taste haters?
@@michaelreid2329 Agreed, also government agencies have no urgency as they are not run like a business that must be profitable. They also have zero incentive to cut costs: re-usability has been proven for a decade and they aren't even attempting it.
Loyd's of London and other huge insurance companies are giving SpaceX a huge discount because they can and continue to have an 80% plus launch record. Who would you pick to launch your new half billion dollar cargo?
How hard would it be to bring Butch and Suni home in the dragon already docked at the ISS then send an empty Dragon back for the remainder of that mission.
Good Morning, Kev. Reality makes believers of US all. The European union can keep there stupid pride. Great Episode. Keep telling the Truth. You are doing a Great Job, Kev.
Starship will be hugely profitable already in 2025. The cost per Kg of Starship is 1% of the Falcon 9 which already launches a Kg at 1/4 of the cost of any competitor.
@@jakammor4449 Something strange happened. I put that comment on the SpaceX page, where they claimed to be showing "live coverage of ITF-5 launch", which isn't even ready yet. It shows Flight 1, then just before launch it switched to a fake AI voice of Elon trying to sell a crypto currency with an on-screen QR code to scan. The comments eventually showed up and all were somehow from THIS channel, which is where my comment also got diverted to. I think it's some kind of scammer/hacker cross-linking various channels to push their scam. If I go back to SpaceX, it restarts with the flight 1 launch again and repeats the scam process.
Most people don't understand the concept of "buying the dip" buying the dip is all about buying digital assets when their prices are down and selling off when the price rises.
My colleagues had a good laugh at me when I told them I started my journey with $50k capital and how I accumulated over 6 figures within a span of 7 months. They never believed me until I pulled out my P&L.
Unfortunately many European countries joined the EU and now they are paying a heavy price by being invaded by illegals . As of Russia , some of Russia is in Europe but a large portion is in Asia ! I hope SpaceX and Elon Musk will dominate all space technology 😊
And this is why you will be the worst ceo of any company if u ever get to that position. Simple minded and lazy. Is what i get from your comment. Not only that. Do you think a CEO with the practical experience is gonna do worse than a ceo with 0 clue? And to only listen to the expertise of his workers? Are u senile? Thats how you lose your company faster then how u gained it. Employees are also people with ambitions. Doesnt mean they will give the ceo the helping hand he needs. As a matter of fact. Workers when finding out the leader is weak or having 0 knowledge usually work less effective. Finding ways to work but not working. Its alot. Ans by your comment alone i guess you have 0 experience in handling anything. Not even a simple building project for a house. You WOULD know that a leader with 0 experience in said field will not be respected nor will he have workers loyalty besides their loyalty to a paycheck.
@@Th1200 Some already did, Hyperloop, Boring company, Solar roof, Cybertruck, .... The Musk Church is great at making all this disappear by flooding people with a constant flow of bullshit promises !!! Besides, it seems Musk is aven a prick towards his employees ! Who is still buying Teslas cars ?
Rocket is complicated and dificulte Low safety and high cost We need somethings better Developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability #FeelFree
@@colonbina1Rocket is complicated and dificulte Low safety and high cost We need somethings better Developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability #FeelFree
Isn't anyone going to mention the astronauts and how many spacex has safely transported to the ISS? Talk about valuable cargo, any savings to taxpayers.
