"Either way it's an amazing achievement."

What the what.

We've gone from "holy ish, sci-fi reusable rockets and we's living la vita future!" to qualified approval..?

No. No. This is not about satellites. This is about the primary cost component for transporting a colony to Mars. And it's already destroying the competition pricewise, and this will widen that gap enormously.

Did the Spanish Govt say, well, that's nice and all, but spices are still pretty pricey? Maybe we don't go back? No. They didn't. They said, "Awesome, lock that ish down. We want a monopoly. And bring us more funny trinkets to show off to our landlocked friends to make us giggle and feel superior."

So yes, it's a huge, amazing fucking achievement.