Europe just unveiled a new rival to SpaceX’s Starship
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Europe's German Aerospace Center unveiled a concept rocket called the RLV C5 that uses a winged, partially reusable booster captured mid-air by an aircraft, trading raw power for efficiency. While it can't match Starship's massive payload, it offers Europe an independent path to super-heavy spaceflight without building an entirely reusable system first.
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