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Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by christkv on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @05:52AM (#40925288)
The main genius of SpaceX is the mass production. Hopefully they can replicate that in the future.
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by TheLoafOfBread on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @07:45AM (#40925840)
Well question is why would EU want mass production of rockets and for what purpose?
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by dotnet00 on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @11:23AM (#40927953)
Well, right now they lack that capability and don't show any interest in it, so why would anyone in the EU even bother working on the things that would use it, like, LEO megaconstellations (ie Starlink or Starshield alternatives)? They also miss out on business building out such constellations from other companies. Amazon bought up a bunch of Ariane 6 launches, but obviously in the long term they'll be shifting to something which can potentially be more cost efficient like New Glenn.
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by pfdietz on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @02:54PM (#40930148)
I guess the pride that requires them to have their own launcher has its limits.
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space by TMWNN on Thursday July 11, 2024 @11:37PM (#40942565)
For context, my understanding is that SpaceX builds one new Falcon 9 upper stage (not reused) every day. I doubt there is another entity on earth building a new rocket every month.

SpaceX has a large fleet of Falcon 9 reusable boosters, but still needs to build one every now and then.