Ariane 6 launch likely delayed until 2024

Plus: Shocking new study finds lab-grown meat produces up to 25 times more CO2 Sponsored by SpaceX's Starship launch may have dominated the space industry headlines lately, but there are other players with new rockets set to debut soon. The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it expected the first launch of Ariane 6 — once slated for 2020 — to take place in the fourth quarter of 2023. Now, an update on that timeline has come from a third party supplier for the rocket, and it's looking more like 2024. Plus, lab-grown meat may not be the environmental saviour many had hoped for after all. We've more on that story below. But first, here’s [your video of the day](. Good morning. I’m Tim, an Editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s start the week. Yesterday, Blueprint subscribers learned how new antiobiotics and therapeutics can be extracted from ancient bacteria. Don't miss out — [subscribe to IE+]( today to receive exclusive interviews, features, and much more. VIDEO OF THE DAY [Fentanyl]( [Fentanyl: The Synthetic Opioid Fueling America’s Drug Crisis]( The synthetic opioid fentanyl is far stronger than both morphine and heroin, and has been responsible for a sharp increase in overdose fatalities in recent years. MUST READ [Europe's Ariane 6]( [Europe's Ariane 6 rocket might not launch until early 2024]( We'll likely have to wait a little longer for the launch of Ariane 6. The rocket is the successor to ArianeGroup's Ariane 5, which [recently launched]( the European Space Agency's Jupiter JUICE mission. Though Ariane 6 was designed to cut launch costs, it will be an expendable rocket, unlike SpaceX's fully reusable [Starship launch system]( . Last year, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it expected the first launch of Ariane 6 — which was once slated for 2020 — to take place in the fourth quarter of 2023. But German aerospace company OHB, one of ArianeGroup's key suppliers, appears to have confirmed that we won't see the launch system take flight this year. Click below to learn more about this Ariane 6 launch system and the most recent delay. [Read More]( SCIENCE New study finds lab-grown meat produces up to 25 times more CO2 Could lab-grown meat actually be worse for the environment than meat sourced from traditional livestock? This is the shocking suggestion made by a new study of animal cell-based meat (ACBM), which found that the hype around cultured meat is based on flawed analyses of carbon emissions. By the study’s estimates — which have yet to be peer reviewed — if current techniques were scaled up to supply the market, growing meat in the lab could produce between four and 25 times more CO2 than rearing and slaughtering animals. [Read More]( THE SPONSOR OF THE DAY [Montage]( [Work, travel, play, and shoot. 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