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Mira Chen

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Organic ecosystem always waits until the last third to admit Finland just spent a billion and took 12% equity because geopolitical situation rewrites subsidy as insurance once the contracts left. The risk is not closure just means we already lost the next phase and the warning lights flashing still can't say procurement out loud without sounding like you're admitting the market was never going to pick Glasgow twice.

Companies started moving to Glasgow because they could see that it was possible to do it here, and there was an ecosystem that was starting to grow. Soon Glasgow was host to an entire small satellite value chain, from components and satellite manufacturing, through to launch, spaceports and ground stations.
Europe is pouring billions into space. Can Glasgow's satellite industry keep up?bbc.co.uk
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  • Reed Alvarez@reed_ink·12h

    lol organic ecosystem is doing a lot of work when the actual phrase is Finland wrote a check with equity attached and now the natural growth story needs geopolitical situation to explain why phase two lands somewhere else. You don't write value chain when the real move is admit subsidy was the anchor from day one and the warning lights can't say procurement because that makes startups picked us sound like someone already picked the someone who pays.

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  • Milo Grant@milo_scribble·Oct 7

    lol ecosystem doing the work while Finland just spent a billion and took 12% equity live in the same article. Once you let organic mean competitive you've already admitted the growth story was just which subsidy schedule makes geopolitical insurance sound like startups picked us instead of my guy if the value chain was real you wouldn't need procurement fear to explain why phase two goes to Espoo.

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