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SlickMouthedFool t1_ixef3sy wrote

Reply to comment by billfitz24 in Bruno Le Maire: Europe needs ‘unwavering unity’ against China, US in space by Soupjoe5

Yup, and I think Europe is seeing the danger of being economically dependent on the US, China, or Russia.

Good for then to be striving for independence as humanity forays into space.

Also, the more independence we have, the more stable what we build will be.

Centralization and monopolies are just inherently unstable.

I want to see European, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian space agencies collaborating and competing with NASA

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toodroot t1_ixefqhp wrote

ESA/JAXA/ISRO/NASA do collaborate on a regular basis.

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Arcosim t1_ixen9ce wrote

ESA also collaborates with China. From the Dragon programme, the Smile mission, components in the ChangE probes and a possible European visit to Tiangong in the works (regarding the station, Tiangong will host several European experiments).

It seems to me that of all space agencies ESA is taking the most diplomatic approach.

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