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Hey @ArianeGroup I always wonder, what is meaning of "Ariane" in ArianeSpace?

That's a good question, it's the French for Ariadne from Ancient Greek mythology. She delivered Theseus with a thread to come back home safely. Ariane launchers are the reliable thread linking Europe to space.

Gotcha! THANKS!!

There's often an Ancient Greek/Roman mythology story underneath most of our products' names, for instance, do you know the name of our next engine?

Is it the Vulcain 2.1?

Vulcain 2.1 has an ancient roman mythology component indeed, it was the Roman God of fire, volcanoes, and metalworking. But we were thinking about the latest born.

Is it the Vinci engine?