[jonknee]

Yes, but what other country has a private company like SpaceX?

[pilsetnieks]

Really?

- Arianespace

- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

- Antrix Corporation

- COSMOS international

- Eurockot Launch Services

- International Launch Services

- ISC Kosmotras

- Sea Launch

- Starsem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_service_provider

[jonknee]

So I guess that's a no?

[maratd]

> Really?

Yeah, really. Has a single one of them launched a rocket and then successfully landed it? No. That's why you're here, talking about Space X and AMERICA.

[danbruc]

That's the entire point of this part of the discussion, there are people that think it is awesome that the people at SpaceX managed to achieve this but they really don't care that it is an American company. I wouldn't be any prouder or whatnot if it were a German company.