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This is an interesting project and is worth pursuing. I don't remember <br>who started the thread but we should open another list for this so we <br>don't spam those who are not interested. <br><br>Rodrigo<br><br>From: Gregory.Engels@piratenpartei-hessen.de<br>To: pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<br>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:05:34 +0200<br>Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] File Sharing in Space<br><br><pre>On 19.10.2010, at 14:34, Stefan Sakowitz wrote:<br> <br>> But: None of these >private< satellite-assessments were<br>> private. Ariane-Space is a 100%-controlled by Nicolas Sarkozy.<br> <br>This is way oversimplified. Arianespace is a private company,<br>and only 32.53% of its shares belongs to the french CNES<br>(a state agency), 9.9% belongs to french Safran (basically<br>also the french state), 15.81% belongs to EADS<br>(on which the France holds 5.5%). So, if we sum everything<br>up, we'll get 58.25 % of shares on which France has a direct<br>or indirect influence. This is far from being "100%-controlled"<br> <br>> The american and russian space-control-centers are under<br>> control of specific political gangs. No privacy at all.......<br> <br> <br>There are at least three privatly owend and operated Mission Control <br>Centers<br>(MCC) - one in Newtown, Pennsylvania, US (Lokheed Martin)<br>one in Palo Alto, California, US (Loral), and one in El Segundo,<br>California (Boeing)<br> <br> <br>Gregory Engels<br>International Coordinator<br>Pirate Party of Germany<br> <br>mobile: +49 172 853 44 91<br>skype:gregory.engels<br>jabber:dichter@jabber.piratenpartei.de<br> <br> <br> <br> <br></pre><br>____________________________________________________
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