CurtisLeow t1_ixej3tn wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:02 PM

Reply to comment by toodroot in Bruno Le Maire: Europe needs ‘unwavering unity’ against China, US in space by Soupjoe5

There’s definite European involvement. But it might be more accurate to call the company a multinational company, given that a majority of the workforce and a majority of the owners aren’t in Europe. Essentially the company is based in Europe for tax purposes. Maybe after the merger you can call it European.

ataraxo t1_ixenhmv wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:31 PM

The original company (WorldVu) was registered in Jersey (obviously for tax purposes) and for a long time the headquarters were in Arlington, VA.

But they moved to London (that was initially home to the backup operation center and some employees) after the bankruptcy when the UK government invested in the company.

I think a majority of the workforce is now in London. Whether UK is part of Europe or not is up for debate (not part of EU/ESA anymore, on an island...)

[deleted] t1_ixeoif6 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:38 PM

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Resigningeye t1_ixgfnl4 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 6:32 AM

UK is still part of ESA and reasonibly well integrated with the European space sector.

toodroot t1_ixeov5x wrote on November 22, 2022 at 9:41 PM

After meeting a guy who wanted to argue to the death that Russian-built rockets launched from Russian-built launch pads in Russian territory were European, I decided to stop worrying about that label.