Here is what Starships mass-to-orbit will be doing on the same timescale as these missions, under some pretty conservative assumptions. SpaceX own plans are even more aggressive.
I fear the European plans are not nearly ambitious enough. We need to go further.
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Macron, at 🇫🇷 Paris Space Summit, just put dates on Europe’s space ambition:
🚀 2028: 🇪🇺 Nyx cargo capsule docking with the ISS
🌕 2031: 🇪🇺 Argonaut lunar lander on the Moon
👨🚀 2036: 🇪🇺 European crewed capsule launching from Kourou
The goal would be to build Europe’s own end-to-end human spaceflight capability.
Extremely ambitious. As it should be.
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