Europe's Ariane 6 rocket finally ready for liftoff (www.euractiv.com)

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's fine, but is that so essential right now that it can be compared to going from a horse-drawn carriage to a car? I mean, do you think there won't be room for disposable launchers anymore?

Thanks for answering

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

It's just not cost competitive at all anymore.

One can argue about having a disposable second stage (like Falcon-9) vs. full re-usability (like the upcoming Starship), as the latter is not very efficient fuel wise. But not having a reusable first stage just makes it way too expensive to be able to compete in the currently market dominated by the Falcon-9.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the explanations, I hope that ESA develops something more updated soon

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