toodroot t1_ixkse88 wrote
Reply to comment by Ramenastern in Berlin to Back French-Built Rockets in Race Against Musk by Soupjoe5
> Just to illustrate the reliability point: JWST was launched on Ariane, partly because it was such a proven, established platform with a good track record.
That was a barter agreement with NASA, not any kind of competition. SpaceX didn't exist when that barter was decided, but ULA certainly did.
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