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How Europe’s rocket program lost big to Elon Musk: The inside story
For comparison, the rough industry estimate for the cost of a commercial launch with the Falcon 9 is $70 million. While Caroline Arnoux, who runs the Ariane 6 program at Arianespace, talks up an "impressive" order book for the freshly flown …