- "The top factors ESA will consider in this first phase of the challenge are each proposer's business plan, technical credibility, and financial credibility."
The grand European strategy is... to task government bureaucrats to review startups' business plans?? This is going to so predictably lead to more of the same—the creation of companies optimized for writing proposals, and for pleasing bureaucrats.
- "ESA also isn't setting requirements on launcher performance, reusability, or..."
That they're still ambivalent whether they should pursue reusability or not shows how hopelessly unprepared they are.
The grand European strategy is... to task government bureaucrats to review startups' business plans?? This is going to so predictably lead to more of the same—the creation of companies optimized for writing proposals, and for pleasing bureaucrats.
- "ESA also isn't setting requirements on launcher performance, reusability, or..."
That they're still ambivalent whether they should pursue reusability or not shows how hopelessly unprepared they are.