Carrying and American and Japanese twin payload, ESA's Ariane V completed its fifth of eight scheduled launched from Kourou, on the equator, Saturday.One again, the value of persistence has paid off for the giant rocket. once plagued with difficulties and disaster, more than a decade ago, the Heavy-Lift is well on the way to becoming a work horse for the Europeans.
(And the Space Shuttle still has heavier carge capacity, though just barely.)
