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Plus without SpaceX, our only ride to space would be the Soyuz
Ariane would like a word.
Ariane has an astronaut ferry and reentry vehicle? That's news to me. Also: they're more than 2x as expensive per kg to orbit.
I'm not aware of any human rated spacecraft being launched with Ariane. I know there were some concepts for at least Ariane 5, and it would be cool for Europe to be independent on this.