ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehearsal

Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by lmm on Thursday November 23, 2023 @11:10PM (#38400576)

If they pay more than the open-market price (and they were, in the early days - they were paying significantly more than any commercial customer would have paid such an unproven entity, explicitly because they saw strategic value in SpaceX's existence) then that's funding them.

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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by peyton on Friday November 24, 2023 @01:44AM (#38401213)

I believe the CRS contracts carried a launch failure penalty and a no-insurance (mission assurance) clause like the LSP, which would’ve fetched a higher price.

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