While Elon Musk is trying to get his Starship into space, German start-ups are also working on reusable spaceships – first for cargo, later also for astronauts.
Martinsried is not far at all – the biotech center in the southwest of Munich. But in the commercial area of the 11,000-strong community of Planegg, a start-up is currently settling down that wants to operate high-tech in another area: The Exploration Company, founded in 2021, wants to build multiple-use space capsules here that can be used in earth orbit and also in the direction of moon should fly. First with cargo, later also with passengers.