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Alexander Kopilovitch wrote:
> Second, I'm not sure for which part of the statement you are asked for the
> sources: are you in doubt that "persons with political, diplomatic, economical
> etc. rather than technical background and/or experience" should have "mostly
> consumer-like expectations about modern high-tech devices", or you are wondering
> why that is "natural"?

Do you have any evidence that the people involved in
decision making for the Ariane 5 were as you characterize
them? That is, that they did not have technical background
and/or experience?

I find this to be a dubious claim, because I do not believe
that such a person would have the expertise to be able to
say that some subsystem should or should not be tested.