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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 days ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/esa

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With more launch, the price per rocket should decrease

Should it? Are you referring to amortizing the costs of development, or optimizing the production cost of each rocket? No portion of Ariane 6 is reusable, so it's not like they can get more launches out of each rocket...

[–] cocolowlander 2 points 17 hours ago

Are you referring to amortizing the costs of development

Yes, I was thinking more amortizing the costs of development which will definitely get cheaper the more launch happening, but I guess it's also possible for optimization of production, although I'm not expecting much from that.