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Elon Musk isn't especially popular in Europe, but he's more popular than Vladimir Putin, who the EU used to depend on to launch their birds.

The European Space Agency has grudgingly contracted Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch navigation satellites into orbit next year, The Wall Street Journal reported. SpaceX may not have been Europe's first option -- or even its fifth -- but right now, Musk is their only hope.

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