When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39335010
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Europe can into space again.
Wish I could into space
just stop. You're just embarrassing yourself. Making the same joke in every post about the launch is not going to make it funny.
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.
Nazi imagery? What? What the hell are you talking about?
The name comes from the French spelling of Ariadne, a Greek mythical character.
It's probably best to not feed the troll.
You're right. I've just blocked the moron
Rocketry has an undeniably nazi past.
Naming Europe's largest rocket program since the nazis any variation of "Aryan" is nazi imagery.
How is Ariane a variant of Aryan?
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.
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:
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.
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/
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.
No one besides you makes this association.
Maybe it's a you problem
Anyone with half a brain and knows history does.
It is just how it is spelled in French.
They chose a word that evoked the Aryan and nazi heritage.
Are you a Russian troll?
Nah, American space nut who has had this as a pet issue for decades.
So you are a Russian 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.
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).