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Seems like maybe an inauspicious name for a CPU... http://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold//disasters/ariane.html http://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold//disaster
by snowwrestler 7y ago
Seems like maybe an inauspicious name for a CPU...
http://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold//disasters/ariane.html http://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold//disasters/ariane.html
- nickik 7y agoIts an reference to the 'Rocket' program of Berkley. Also, overall Ariane is one of the savest rockets in human history.
- machello13 7y agoAriane is the name of an entire family of rockets that are still being launched today and are not generally known for being unreliable.
- ColanR 7y agoLast I heard they were also having a lot of trouble competing with the industry leaders...
- adev_ 7y ago> Last I heard they were also having a lot of trouble competing with the industry leaders... Ariane was the most competitive / succeful private launcher for 20 years even in face of American companies. SpaceX is however currently disruptive them, like every other actor of the industry.
- ColanR 7y agoYa, that's what I heard. After spaceX started doing better than them, they were having trouble because they didn't want to start using reusable rockets.
- bj0 7y agoThey had a successful launch today in fact: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/16/ariane-5-va-251-mission-status-center/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/01/16/ariane-5-va-251-missio...
- ekimekim 7y agoI saw "6-stage" and "Ariane" in the title and got very confused...