Weniger Subventionen?
Hier:
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/germany-wants-answers-on-ariane-successor.htmlsteht:
Woerner said a central question is how the Arianespace commercial launch consortium will evolve. The Evry, France-based company will have to live without an annual European support payment of nearly 200 million euros, called European Guaranteed Access to Space, or EGAS, which phases out in 2010.
Arianespace wird ab 2011 ohne 200 Millionen Euro Unterstützung/Subventionen jährlich auskommen müssen, die bisher für den "garantierten europäischen Zugang zum All" gezahlt wurden.Außerdem hat Wörner Zweifel an der Aussage, dass Arianespace ohne staatliche Hilfe bei 7 Starts im Jahr kostendeckend arbeiten kann:
Whether Arianespace can be profitable without direct government aid remains to be seen, Woerner said. “We were told that this enterprise could be profitable at a launch rate of seven Ariane 5 vehicles per year, but they are not,” Woerner said.
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“They will still need financial support to be competitive with the launchers of other nations,” Woerner said.
Aus der Industrie wird auch eine Quelle zitiert, die Wörner bestätigt:
One industry official whose company is a major Ariane 5 contractor agreed with Woerner’s assessment, saying Arianespace is still not profitable, even at seven Ariane 5 launches per year, without direct government aid given the political requirement to spread work among many ESA member countries.
