When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered

Wish I could into space

No, you're a fascist troll. You're just calling anything fascist to dilute the meaning.

Multiple people have already explained basic stuff to you, which you willfully ignore in favour of your baseless propaganda.

Congratulations your actions are indistinguishable from those fascist you claim to hate (but don't, because you are a troll).

Nah, fuck Putin and fuck Trump and fuck anyone who apologizes for Aryan imagery.

I'm an antifascist troll who calls it out whenever it needs calling out.

So you are a Russian troll.

Nah, American space nut who has had this as a pet issue for decades.

They chose a word that evoked the Aryan and nazi heritage.

Anyone with half a brain and knows history does.

No one besides you makes this association.

Maybe it's a you problem

It is just how it is spelled in French.

And they conveniently left off the d in "ariadne".

Obvious dogwhistle is obvious.

Changing the y to an i and adding an e to make it feminine doesn't make it less racist.

Here's French wikipedia calling the mythological figure "Ariane" with no D https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(mythologie)

"Aryan" in French is "aryenne", it has a different vowel

France had plenty of pre-WWII rocket scientists, like:

• Yves Le Prieur, who developed anti-balloon rockets in WWI

• Robert Esnault-Pelterie, who pioneered the use of joystick controls and founded an award for advances in space travel

• Louis Damblanc, who built the first ever multi-stage rocket

What France did _not_ have was a counterpart to Operation Paperclip like Britain and the Soviet Union did

And lastly, the guy that picked the name was a devoted supporter of Charles de Gaulle

This criticism does not hold up any scrutiny whatsoever

No it really doesn't.

Aryan (/ˈɛəriən/)

Vs

Ariane (/ɑːriˈɑːnə/)

How does the I and y serve the same phonetic function?

And now it's not just Nazi but racist as well? Get out of here.

If you're an American and have no clue about European Languages or culture it makes sense I guess

The I and the Y serve the same phonetic function.

Then they slapped on an "e" to make it feminine. Standard French grammar.

It's still racist even if it's feminine.

How is Ariane a variant of Aryan?

You're right. I've just blocked the moron

It's probably best to not feed the troll.

Rocketry has an undeniably nazi past.

Naming Europe's largest rocket program since the nazis any variation of "Aryan" is nazi imagery.

Nazi imagery? What? What the hell are you talking about?

The name comes from the French spelling of Ariadne, a Greek mythical character.

You're not very bright, are you? It has nothing to do with nazism, it's a reference to Greek mythology

https://ariane.group/en/news/la-genese-dariane-1-et-le-debut-dune-epopee-spatiale-europeenne-3/

It's not a joke, it's a criticism of nazi heritage during a time when nazi imagery is resurfacing.

This is nazi imagery that never left the surface.

I agree it's not funny.

just stop. You're just embarrassing yourself. Making the same joke in every post about the launch is not going to make it funny.

Are you a Russian troll?

Europe can into space again.