@nafnlaus @raumfahrttutnot Thats sadly right, #Boeing should build better spacecraft, if #NASA wants the mere option to operate without #Musk.

And #Europe should better become more of the quirky continent that maybe never will get so many influencers and social Media channels praising them like #Musk has, but actually builds functional, rock-solid spacecraft and could, with some more courage, also create functional, rock-solid manned spacecraft.

@urwumpe @raumfahrttutnot They're all way too conservative with their development processes, due to an institutional complacency that arose from having too little competition decade after decade.

Like, Europe is just started working on a competitor to SpaceX....

... to their *Falcon 9*. Not Starship. Starship will be inserting payloads while ESA's next rocket is still just concept drawings competing with a nearly 1 1/2 decade-old launch vehicle.