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trukises t1_isyipdl wrote

Reply to comment by pompanoJ in Ariane 6 stands tall on its launch pad (esa) by lort1234a

Arianespace is just slightly less porkbarrelly than SLS.

The main objective is to keep the European space industry ticking. Cost efficiency is secondary.

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Khraxter t1_iszmjje wrote

That's... Completely wrong. Ariane 6 is a very important program that's designed to keep ESA and Arianespace competitive on the commercial space launch market.

Cost efficiency is very much not secondary

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trukises t1_itbgfk1 wrote

Yeah, that's one of many problems. Ariane should be the objective, not the means.

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Layer_4_Solutions t1_it0ppg4 wrote

Then they are doing a bad job of it. Ariane 6 will still be far more expensive than a Falcon 9.

And Starship will blow both of them out of the water.

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