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Old 08-01-2008, 02:58 AM   #18
mikedelaney16
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Originally Posted by Greg View Post
I don't know beans about how ESA is funded or how they spend their money, so I can't add much to that other than noting that they are heavily into the commercial launch market. I think that's their mainstay.
It has never been clear to me where ESA ends and Arianespace begins. They're joined at the hip and it's unclear which one is the tail and which the dog. Between them they have a very serious share of the commercial satellite market.
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