Re: Foopball Shed Door Closure

vulch@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> rlb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Bos) writes:
>
> > You'd be surprised. Ariane _is_ reliable. It has had a few blow-ups
> > recently, but if you put that against the number of launches that did go
> > well, it is still, IIRC, rather better than the next most reliable
> > competitor. For a rocket, Ariane is good, very good.
>
> Aksherly it's not. 3 complete failures and one partial (lower than
> intended orbit) in 20 launches.

That's if you count Ariane 5 only. Ariane 4 has done well over a
hundred, and it would suffice for this purpose.

Still doesn't make me think it's a good idea, of course.

Richard
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