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Arguably at most third place, since partly reusable New Glenn (Blue Origin) is already planned to launch in a few months, currently September. Though lower stag
by cubefox 2y ago
Arguably at most third place, since partly reusable New Glenn (Blue Origin) is already planned to launch in a few months, currently September. Though lower stage reuse might only happen later.
- ricdl 2y agoAriane is apparently so obsolete that they are behind rockets that haven't even launched yet!
- cubefox 2y agoAriane 6 isn't significantly ahead of New Glenn in terms of time. Probably a few months difference for date of first launch. Just as Vulcan launched a few months ahead of Ariane 6.
- kranke155 2y agoNew Glenn still has to fly though
- cubefox 2y agoThere is little doubt that it will do so in a few months. The main engines have already been tested successfully on Vulcan, a few months ago.
- kranke155 2y agoYou’re not really reading what I wrote but ok.
- cubefox 2y agoI have read it, maybe you just didn't understand what I said.
- imtringued 2y agoWhat wisdom do you expect people to drive from something not having a property until it has that property?
- leoedin 2y agoNew Glenn is a ground up unproven design. Ariane 6 is an incremental improvement from a well proven and highly reliable rocket. Just because they’re both making their first flights doesn’t mean they’re comparable as commercial offerings. The cost to build a satellite is high enough that most customers don’t want it to explode. Until New Glenn has a solid track record they’re not really comparable.