Re: EELVs: Time to Pull the Plug


"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
news: 43e559a2.613039904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:37:23 +0100, in a place far, far away,
> "frédéric haessig" <fhaessig@xxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor
> glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>
>>
>>"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
>>news: 43dc3c38.605509987@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> That's not a political possibility. Even ignoring the "buy America"
>>> issues, from a national security standpoint, we won't want to launch
>>> military satellites on foreign launchers (and the French might very
>>> well not be willing to sell our milsats rides).
>>>
>>
>>
>>Ariane is not french it's European
>
> Yes, with the French having a great deal of influence...

Sure. France provides about 30% of ESA budget ( depending on the exact
year ) and 53% of the Ariane Development one ( so, due to geographical
returns, manufactures 53% of the value of Ariane ). France also has a lot of
interest, and prestige invested, in ariane. The last, BTW, provides other
ESA members with a great handle to blackmail France into voting for their
own pet projects, or they will vote against Ariane development support (
vide last ESA ministerial conference ).

Nonetheless, Ariane development is an ESA project; CNES has been cut out of
the loop except as support to be calles when needed and Aiane lanches are
sold by a private company, Arianespace. The stock of which is held by EADS,
a company incorporated in Holand, the stock of which the french government
own about 15%, half what is owned by Daimler-Christler. So, while the french
have influance, they definitely don't have the last word.



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