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		phurley on Nov 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ariane 6 cost and delays bring European launch ind... I agree with the other commenters about this being incorrect, but there is in hindsight an even bigger deal -- getting to examine the rocket (not fished out of salt water) after the flight and learn from that is huge and often overlooked.

ethbr1 on Nov 7, 2023 [–]

AND run to failure.

If a booster can survive 20 launches, it probably has most of the gotchas for launch #1 ironed out.

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