From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,CP1252 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f039470e8f537101 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-23 16:14:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F1F16C1.2030703@attbi.com> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ References: <1058799152.775376@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <20619edc.0307221036.196f2149@posting.google.com> <1058901827.202500@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F1DB179.4020903@attbi.com> <1058970087.647230@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F1EE851.3070803@attbi.com> <1058992005.207782@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.71.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1059002050 66.31.71.243 (Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:14:10 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:14:10 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:14:10 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40737 Date: 2003-07-23T23:14:10+00:00 List-Id: Hyman Rosen wrote: > Robert I. Eachus wrote: > > ...the decision was to budget the development as > > Ariane 4 only. > > That's all the more reason that the statement "there was > no reason to assume that it would work in the Ariane 5" > is false. No, the last part of what I said is exactly why it was true. The SRI upgrade project had no access to the Ariane 5 performance data, and this was a decision made by Arianespace, not by any contractor. -- Robert I. Eachus �In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. Will he aim at your enemy?� -- from the Laiden novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.