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arethuza on July 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Avoid Repeating the Debacle That Was the Sp...

From my reading of the relevant wikipedia page is looks like ESA gets the private company EAD Astrium to develop Ariane launchers and Arianespace, which is also a private company, to actually launch them and market them for commercial launches:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_%28rocket_family%29

cfgvjkljhgfb on July 25, 2011 [–]

Arguements about government ownership of EADS aside - the important part is that ESA is free to launch on Ariane, Soyuz, Chinese or any other rocket without it becoming a congressional matter.

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