Comments on: Airbus to cut 2,362 jobs, citing weak space market https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/airbus-to-cut-2362-jobs-citing-weak-space-market/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: sippin_bourbon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/airbus-to-cut-2362-jobs-citing-weak-space-market/#comment-1076875 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:55:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=63813#comment-1076875 I was looking at the very un-official numbers for A6 on wikipedia (for lack of a better source, because they suck).
It really is not that much of an improvement over A-5.

Also saw this:
Ariane 6 designers say they’ll beat SpaceX prices on per-kilogram basis
source: https://spacenews.com/ariane-6-rocket-designers-say-theyll-match-or-beat-todays-spacex-prices-on-per-kilogram-basis/

They seem to want to compare to Falcon 9 a lot. But the projected numbers seem to fit between F9 and Falcon Heavy.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/airbus-to-cut-2362-jobs-citing-weak-space-market/#comment-1076868 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:47:51 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=63813#comment-1076868 In reply to mivenho.

mivenho: I think you posted this in the wrong thread. No big deal, but if you want you can post it again in the right place.

]]> By: mivenho https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/airbus-to-cut-2362-jobs-citing-weak-space-market/#comment-1076864 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 22:03:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=63813#comment-1076864 It still surprises me how mission planners could have gotten the Martian regolith so wrong as to render the probe unable to burrow more than a few inches. I’m sure they’ll get it right for the next mission.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/airbus-to-cut-2362-jobs-citing-weak-space-market/#comment-1076828 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:58:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=63813#comment-1076828 Hmm.. How many of these laid off will be able to get employment in the competitive private space industry, where results determine almost everything? If, like some at Nasa, are too used to a paycheck no matter what, they will not survive.

]]> By: V-Man https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/airbus-to-cut-2362-jobs-citing-weak-space-market/#comment-1076817 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 19:13:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=63813#comment-1076817 Unrelated to Ariane 6, has there been any news on ESA’s Callisto and Themis development projects for reusable boosters? I couldn’t find anything past the original announcement last year.

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