Re: Foopball Shed Door Closure
- From: vulch@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:21:34 +0000
rlb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Bos) writes:
> 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.
And is no longer available, 3 complete failures in 116 launches.
Anthony
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