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After nearly three decades, the Ariane 5 rocket reaches the end of the line.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"SpaceX has undeniably changed the launcher market paradigm as we know it," he wrote in May. "With the dependable reliability of Falcon 9 and the captivating prospects of Starship, SpaceX continues to totally redefine the world’s access to space, pushing the boundaries of possibility as they go along. Once successful, Starship will carry payloads of around 100 tonnes into Low Earth Orbit while reducing the launch cost by a factor of 10. Falcon 9 aims to launch 100 times in 2023. Europe, on the other hand, finds itself today in an acute launcher crisis."

Sad day when the only viable thing is Elons thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder how legal it is to copy their concept. I imagine they would patent whatever they can, but obviously many of the technologies already existed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yay monopolies!/s

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