ESA doesn't work that way

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phil — 12/16/2006 8:09:38 PM (archived)

It's not a contract win scenario. ESA participating countries spend their own ESA money on their ESA sanctioned projects. Canader decided to spend its ESA dollars otherwise, not on the rover for $100M. Germany is not going to take its Euros and spend them in Canada. Nor is France.

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Ottawa nixes funds for ESA Mars Rover - phil - 12/15/2006 3:18:46 PM
- Canada's Feds hold a minority government that can quickly fall. - Jacob Samorodin - 12/17/2006 9:56:59 PM
- re: Ottawa nixes funds for ESA Mars Rover - SDF - 12/16/2006 2:18:48 PM
  - ESA doesn't work that way - phil - 12/16/2006 8:09:38 PM
    - Well, I guess the CSA won't cancel a project that will benefit Canada to build a rover for ESA (n/t) - SDF - 12/17/2006 2:23:11 PM
      - Uh, they did (n/t) - phil - 12/18/2006 1:57:53 AM
        
        What project did they cancel? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/19/2006 4:08:25 PM
        
        Figures.... well nobody in Canada cares what the CSA does anyway. - SDF - 12/18/2006 3:02:30 PM
- Japan and Germany are the world leaders in robotics (n/t) - E.P. - 12/15/2006 4:43:39 PM
- re: Ottawa nixes funds for ESA Mars Rover - Laurie Street - 12/15/2006 4:27:49 PM
  - Wouldn't Europe prefer to build these things on their own? - LJK - 12/19/2006 2:28:42 PM

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