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As European, i would say that.. while i am proud of those startups, US based companies will dominate market for long time. Even simple launch locations are hard for europeans. We need either transport it far away, or use some strange techniques. So I doubt that we will be able to compete on medium/heavy launch market in near future (SpaceX, relativy, rocket lab, BO)
Too bad the RFA interview got corrupted. I know someone who is working on one of the payloads that will be on their first launch and would love to know more about RFA. Good luck to all these companies!
6:08 Why launch from North Norvway? It is more effective to launch from near the Equator (that's why Arianespace launches from Guyana) and North Norway is as far as possible from the Equator in Europe. I assume they have a good reason.
@@GileadMaerlyn You also have to consider launch trajectory in case of a failure, so you can't launch over inhabited land. Which pretty much excludes all of continental western Europe unless you wanted to launch in a very strange direction. And transporting a rocket to South America is no easy task either.
I would say there's progress here in the sense that they're private companies. it's hard enough for the us to agree to fund nasa, it's impossible to convince a bunch of competing nations with competing interests and varying priorities to fund something they won't be the sole benefactors of. 😊
I've noticed this for a while now but you know how to ask some good questions for your interviews. Did you have experience with journalism (maybe in school)?
@@johnburr9463 RocketLab would have gone bankrupt if it was not for the state funding. This can be checked by reading their 10-K files that SEC imposes to all public trading companies. That's why they had to do a leap of faith into the void and creating a new larger launcher because with the current one the situation is not profitable. Even the CEO had to film a video eating his own cap because he stated they will never go for a larger rocket.
Also even if not many of them will succeed, there would now be people with experience and maybe even resources from other companies (if they were to be sold)
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As a european I really enjoy your "whats going on on our side of the pond" content
As European, i would say that.. while i am proud of those startups, US based companies will dominate market for long time. Even simple launch locations are hard for europeans. We need either transport it far away, or use some strange techniques. So I doubt that we will be able to compete on medium/heavy launch market in near future (SpaceX, relativy, rocket lab, BO)
Great reporting mate. Keep it up. EU space interest needs you as a YT face
4:23 Finally someone that pronouces "CNES" correctly!
I have to admit that I only learned recently how to correctly pronounce it. Before that, I was on the "see-ness" bandwagon.
That is a surprise to be that it's pronounced as such
Too bad the RFA interview got corrupted. I know someone who is working on one of the payloads that will be on their first launch and would love to know more about RFA. Good luck to all these companies!
6:08 Why launch from North Norvway?
It is more effective to launch from near the Equator (that's why Arianespace launches from Guyana) and North Norway is as far as possible from the Equator in Europe.
I assume they have a good reason.
Polar orbits, most likely.
@@ShadowZoneOh yeah, I didn't think about those.
@@GileadMaerlyn You also have to consider launch trajectory in case of a failure, so you can't launch over inhabited land. Which pretty much excludes all of continental western Europe unless you wanted to launch in a very strange direction. And transporting a rocket to South America is no easy task either.
I would say there's progress here in the sense that they're private companies.
it's hard enough for the us to agree to fund nasa, it's impossible to convince a bunch of competing nations with competing interests and varying priorities to fund something they won't be the sole benefactors of. 😊
Dayumm
Great video, but there's an audio issue between 13:53 and 14:07
I've noticed this for a while now but you know how to ask some good questions for your interviews. Did you have experience with journalism (maybe in school)?
Thank you! I earned my living as a journalist for about five years, doing a lot of interviews. I'm glad I didn't forget everything since then :)
Too many small launch companies for a market that doesn't exist and probably never will in a short-mid term.
Rocketlab has more customers than it can handle. That's not a non-existing market. That's just a careful market.
@@johnburr9463 RocketLab would have gone bankrupt if it was not for the state funding. This can be checked by reading their 10-K files that SEC imposes to all public trading companies. That's why they had to do a leap of faith into the void and creating a new larger launcher because with the current one the situation is not profitable. Even the CEO had to film a video eating his own cap because he stated they will never go for a larger rocket.
Even if that is correct, it allows companies to then gain experience to build larger vehicles in the future.
Also even if not many of them will succeed, there would now be people with experience and maybe even resources from other companies (if they were to be sold)
@@ImieNazwiskoOK Yes, I agree with you.
Hopefully...
Nice Video !! Missing HyImpulse in that Doku