No question Ariane program has been well engineered

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Sawyer — 8/11/2009 5:53:27 PM (archived)

ESA may deserve a lot of criticism but it is hard to criticize the success of the Ariane program. Its been a nice progression of enhanced capabilities on top of a well engineered initial rocket design.

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Ariane 5 for all kinds of needs ! - Raoul - 8/11/2009 5:20:38 PM
- Fire Sale - Marsby - 8/14/2009 5:01:35 AM
- Hmmm. Seven metric tons to the Moon [Soyuz weight]; Five metric tons to Mars; think sample return mission. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 8/11/2009 8:57:22 PM
  - Seven metric tons to LTO not the Moon's Surface - Marsby - 8/12/2009 6:49:30 PM
- Super. How much to paint a big US flag on the side? - Bowser - 8/11/2009 6:30:22 PM
  - ATV docks on the russian side (n/t) - Raoul - 8/11/2009 7:55:21 PM
- No question Ariane program has been well engineered - Sawyer - 8/11/2009 5:53:27 PM
  - I am thinking of the line in the film 2010 - Socrates II - 8/11/2009 9:25:38 PM

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