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- From: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: ESA Future
- Message-ID: <63998@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 18:07:02 GMT
- References: <Brp9K9.3IF@zoo.toronto.edu> <63941@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Jul21.160023.20724@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul21.160023.20724@en.ecn.purdue.edu> dominop@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Philippos A. Peleties) writes:
- >In article <63941@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca) writes:
-
- >The point is this: ex-Soviet (Russian/Ukranian) technology most likely
- >will be used in some rather substantial capacity and some combination
- >of the above countries will become ESA members whether they are geographically
- >located in Europe or not.
-
- >It makes sense economically, politically and any other way there is to
- >measure things.
-
- I think the real point here is that you completely ignored what I wrote and
- simply poted what you would *like* to see.
-
- In principle, it would be good for the former Soviet states to cooperate
- with the ESA and contribute their storehouse of experience and knowhow.
-
- In practice, it's extremely unlikely. Funding for the ESA comes from contri-
- butions by the member nations, and there is no way the ex-Soviet states can
- afford it. The only way they could even consider it is if they completely
- scrapped their current space program and subordinate themselves to the ESA,
- which is unlikely, to say the least.
-
- I think what we are going to see happen is a fairly signifigant scaleback in
- Russian space activity for several years, followed by a gradual resumption to
- former levels around the turn of the century, when their economy starts to
- function again. As for the ESA, God only knows what is going to happen to
- them...probably bicker themselves to death.
-
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