Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space
by echoangle on Thursday July 11, 2024 @07:10PM
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Ok? Aren’t you shifting goalposts now? Is rocket lab also not successful, because they only have 300 kg payload, too? And how does the toxicity of the fuel matter?
Re:Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket powers into space
by protomolecule on Friday July 12, 2024 @02:36AM
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>Aren’t you shifting goalposts now?
No, but mentioning successful launches of a small disposable rocket in the context of conversation about replicating reusable Falcon-9 is shifting goalposts. Galactic energy, that you named, is only trying to develop its Pallas-1 rocket that resembles Falcon-9.
>how does the toxicity of the fuel matter
It's the technology of the previous century when the need to achieve strategic goals out-weighted a lot of safety concerns.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Energy#Ceres-1