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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by rsynnott on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:08AM (#34609404)
Ariane 4 at least would also have used main rockets designed explicitly for civilian purposes; no-one was building liquid-fueled ICBMs by that point (and, past the _very_ early days, no-one really wanted ICBMs that _big_). The solid boosters would certainly have a military heritage, though.
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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by p_l on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:13AM (#34609441)
Ariane was designed from scratch (mostly), it's just that everyone involved first cut their teeth on military use.

The previous Europa rocket had parts from ICBM.

As for liquid-fueled ICBMs - Soviet Union invested much longer into liquid-fueled ICBMs, including very heavy ones, something that paid off in keeping their space sector in expertise.

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