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ESA considers righting the wrongs of Ariane 6 by turning it into a Franken-rocket (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago

A quad booster landing would be pretty incredible if this pans out

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 9 months ago

They are late, but this upgrade seems reasonable and if reuse of the upper stage will ever become economically viable remains to be seen.

[–] ludu@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IMO this sounds either just like another powerpoint, or a political maneuver by Maia Space to get more entangled with ArianeGroup in order to get money.

I mean, Maia Space is nowhere close to launching their vehicle, and they want to make a Frankenstein version of their booster for Ariane 6? That just sounds like a nightmare.

I hope I'm wrong…

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't seem crazy for ArianeGroup to want to switch from a booster from Avio to a booster from their own subsidiary.

[–] ludu@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

True, but I hope they're patient!

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 months ago

Taking a look at Ariane development history, that shouldn't be a problem, lol