Yet again, our spacetweeps are way too smart for our questions
You were right, the SYLDA gets its name from the French abbreviation for Double payload internal carrying structure #ArianeFacts #TuesdayTopicpic.twitter.com/iu7aA6PW6m
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SYLDA stands for SYsteme de Lancement Double Ariane so in upper case it is ;)
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You had it right! Well done Bordeaux!
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Oh come on....gotta do better ! SYstème de Lancement Double Ariane ;)
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Hold your horses, our next month theme should be more satisfying...

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SYstème de Lancement Double Ariane. Why Y written in capital ? It's a mystery for me...

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cause SLDA is pretty hard to say !
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Well, our engineers insist on it. But after many years of being used, an acronym can become a usual word, French and English are both living languages.

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Cause it's an initialism, why else?
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But then what would this acronym stand for?
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