Comments on: ESA: Affordable Ariane 5 Replacement Only 15 Years Away http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/05/05/esa-affordable-ariane-5-replacement-only-15-years-away/ Space Tourism ... and Much More Fri, 24 May 2013 07:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: banner man http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/05/05/esa-affordable-ariane-5-replacement-only-15-years-away/comment-page-1/#comment-43803 banner man Sat, 05 May 2012 18:34:54 +0000 http://www.parabolicarc.com/?p=38302#comment-43803 “Perhaps the most surprising element to the ESA solicitation, which was issued in early April and calls for responses by the week of May 21, is that it frees industry from the obligation to follow ESA’s geographic-return principle….”

Ah, so the French have won the argument…seeing as they have the most companies involved in the sectors required to build this in Europe.

]]> By: jstults http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/05/05/esa-affordable-ariane-5-replacement-only-15-years-away/comment-page-1/#comment-43798 jstults Sat, 05 May 2012 15:00:44 +0000 http://www.parabolicarc.com/?p=38302#comment-43798 ESA to build “ITAR Rocket”: a cost-effective rocket that would appeal to owners of satellites, both commercial and governmental, without regard for where the vehicle’s contractors are located.
This niche could go away if ITAR is properly reformed.

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