Ahhh.... so now we see why rocket development has been in a rut for so long. It's like why no-one wants to build an everlasting light bulb. With this attitude, Ariane could disappear remarkably quickly.
"Let us say we had ten guaranteed launches per year in Europe and we had a rocket which we can use ten times—we would build exactly one rocket per year," he said. "That makes no sense. I cannot tell my teams: 'Goodbye, see you next year!'"
You could tell them, develop a better rocket instead.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/ariane-chief-seems-frustrated-with-spacex-for-driving-down-launch-costs/
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