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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7ff82503a0cc9b6e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-29 04:20:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!nntp.abs.net!lore.csc.com!baen1673807.greenlnk.net!baen1673807!not-for-mail From: "David Gillon" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ, 4th draft Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:17:52 +0100 Organization: Computer Sciences Corporation Message-ID: <3f26573c$1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 20.44.240.6 X-Trace: lore.csc.com 1059477475 10486 20.44.240.6 (29 Jul 2003 11:17:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.csc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:17:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: glkc1558722.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com X-Original-Trace: 29 Jul 2003 12:15:08 +0100, glkc1558722.rochstr.gmav.gecm.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40936 Date: 2003-07-29T12:17:52+01:00 List-Id: > Ariane 5 was an international project (within European Union) This may be incorrect as it implies Ariane 5 was an EU programme and I'm not certain that there was a direct link. The European Space Agency and the European Union are distinct and separate entities although they have a very high degree of overlap in their member nations -- IIRC Austria and the Nordic countries were ESA members without being EU members (though most are now in both). At the same time Arianespace is a French commercial company, but the Ariane programme was split in some way between ESA and Arianespace, and to complicate things further, ISTR not all ESA members had opted into the Ariane programme, probably the UK most prominently. I'd run this past sci.space.tech or one of the other space newsgroups to get an appreciation from people who will have a better view of the overall programme structure and the way the work was divided. David