Nothing about funding or timeline. They want to build a space vehicle better than Crew Dragon or Starliner. What makes them think they can? Funded by whom? To launch on what? Ironically, even before the time they could even by likely to begin to bend metal, SpaceX Starship is likely to render all their plans obsolete.
And they seem to be French and German; not US. So maybe the thread is not in the right place.
So only commercial space companies can be located in the US. Or is this a critic to how moderators have setup the commercial section; than I agree. But it's called: 'COMMERCIAL AND US GOVERNMENT LAUNCH VEHICLES' for a reason.
I think they are betting on a European decision to have ESA being tasked by its member states to create a European crewed system for LEO and Moon and that in such a context they could be selected over the usual choice, i.e. Airbus Defence and Space.
Nice website. Ironically, even before the time they could even by likely to begin to bend metal, SpaceX Starship is likely to render all their plans obsolete.
Reading your comment, I can imagine a Russian engineer in 1967 saying “why are we bothering with Soyuz, when N-1 will make it obsolete”.
Quote from: WmThomas on 05/26/2022 07:02 pmNice website. Ironically, even before the time they could even by likely to begin to bend metal, SpaceX Starship is likely to render all their plans obsolete. Starship is likely to require many years of testing before it is commercially useful.Reading your comment, I can imagine a Russian engineer in 1967 saying “why are we bothering with Soyuz, when N-1 will make it obsolete”.
The Exploration Company, a European startup developing cargo vehicles for LEO and the Moon, is seeing strong interest in a Series A round it just started raising, CEO Helene Huby says at #WSBW. It’s flying a ballistic reentry demonstrator on the 1st Ariane 6 next year.
The Exploration Company develops, manufactures and operates orbital vehicles andtechnological bricks that make space exploration accessible.The project accelerates and diversifies the development of the Huracan engine. Huracan serves theneeds of the upper stages of small launchers, and those of orbital vehicles. It allowssmall launchers to diversify their missions and increase their performance. He will beavailable from 2025. Huracan works with liquid oxygen and bio-methane:it is environmentally friendly; consistent with the technological trend of usingoxygen and methane; and complementary to the more powerful Prometheus engine, whichuses the same fuels. Its thrust is variable; it is reusable & re-ignitable;80% of its mass is additively manufactured.
Big news: The Exploration Company has secured €40.5M in Series A funding led by EQT Ventures and Red River West. The company is developing a reusable space capsule called Nyx that will be used to fly science missions, resupply space stations, and, in time, host crewed missions.
We are delighted to announce that we have raised a 40 million Series A round, co-lead by EQT Group and Red River West. This exceptional Series A - the biggest space tech Series A raised in Europe - has been enabled by the competence and dedication of The Exploration Company's team who has worked hard to deliver on time, cost and quality our planned milestones. It is also the result of the commitment of our Seed Investors: Promus Ventures, Cherry Ventures and Vsquared Ventures.We are thrilled to welcome onbaord Omnes, July Fund, Partech, HABERT DASSAULT FINANCE, SLB, Wealth Management Alliance, Possible Ventures, Rymdkapital and SISTAFUND.Special thanks to Alfred Vericel, Luc-Emmanuel Barreau, Bertrand Schmitt, Ted Persson, Jenny Dreier, Sai Sriramagiri, Michel de Lempdes and Hugo Hubert.
