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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket finally ready for liftoff
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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2024
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It's just not cost competitive at all anymore.
One can argue about having a disposable second stage (like Falcon-9) vs. full re-usability (like the upcoming Starship), as the latter is not very efficient fuel wise. But not having a reusable first stage just makes it way too expensive to be able to compete in the currently market dominated by the Falcon-9.
Thanks for the explanations, I hope that ESA develops something more updated soon