/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12299209
>what's the purpose of Ariane 6?
stopgap

>>12256464
Seriously? The agency complains about SpaceX, insinuating that the company is lying about reusability, makes a statement that they will never work on reusable rocket, and then when they make an announcement about their new reusable rocket that "coincidentally" looks like a Falcon 9 they suddenly can't handle criticism? At least the French handled their announcement with more dignity.

>>12201401
At least it's some forward progress rather than "here's the same kind of rocket that has been flying for decades but with modern materials". Hopefully at least one of them is serious about their Falcon Faux.

>>12138973
Not that anon, but I would happily welcome that. The launch market needs to be competitive, and that can't happen if SpaceX is the only one interested in opening space access.

>>12030054
The engine is Prometheus, and the rocket is the RETALT 1.

>>11984204
ESA has some concepts in the works, and they have a methalox Merlin equivalent under development.

>inb4 but that looks alot like the Falcon 9
Why reinvent the wheel?

>>11586092
>I hope you don't seriously believe that.
They have some concepts.

>>11434984
>Why the FUCK is SLS so god damn expensive.
Because it's not a rocket development program. It's a job creation program. Every decision made for the SLS was made to add more jobs in key states.

>Are any other rocket companies planning on full-reusability?!
Blue Origin has New Glenn, and I recall some older concepts of it having both stages being reusable. Right now it seems like Blue is more concerned getting the booster stage right before moving on to the upper stage. ESA has some studies of a Falcon 9-like rocket happening (pic related) along with development of a methane fueled engine that's functionally like the Merlin 1D. China has the Long March 8, but it's also just a Falcon 9 cousin.

SpaceX has surprised everyone with reusability, so it makes sense that they're taking a while to catch up.