Europe has invested in maintaining its independent access to space. Ariane 6 and Vega-C are working well. People said we should just give up. And what do we read now? "Last week it emerged that SpaceX has stopped bidding for commercial Falcon 9 launches, allowing only US government customers for the rocket". https://giftarticle. ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/620c5ad3-16cf-4126-ae11-39405bb31bab (remove space to use this giftlink):