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that's a marginal improvement in attitude than previous Arianespace leaders: > "Let us say we had ten guaranteed launches per year in Europe and we had a rocke
by 627467 2y ago
that's a marginal improvement in attitude than previous Arianespace leaders:
> "Let us say we had ten guaranteed launches per year in Europe and we had a rocket which we can use ten times—we would build exactly one rocket per year. That makes no sense. I cannot tell my teams: 'Goodbye, see you next year!'"
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/ariane-chief-seems-frustrated-with-spacex-for-driving-down-launch-costs/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/ariane-chief-seems-f...
- sgu999 2y agoThey must have poached him from the consumer electronics industry... Thanks for sharing this ridiculous statement. I remember one of the execs of ArianeSpace or ESA just a couple years ago stating on radio with much confidence that SpaceX would never manage to reuse a rocket.