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Germany Confident EU Will Take Over Galileo Project
http://www.gpsdaily.com/reports/Germany_Confident_EU_Will_Take_Over_Galileo_Project_999.html
The European Union's German presidency expressed confidence Monday
that the EU will take over the Galileo satellite project, faced with
demands for more time and money from private builders. "I am
confident we will reach a solution on that in June" when EU transport
ministers meet, said German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee,
whose country holds the EU presidency until the end of next month.
"There will be greater participation by the public sector in the
construction phase of the system," he said, three days before a
deadline for the eight private builders to sort out their
differences.
The Galileo project is meant to compete with the US Global
Positioning Satellite (GPS) navigation system, which is free and used
in many vehicles, boats and aircraft, but has been accused of being
unreliable.
But almost two years after being named, a private consortium of
industry giants -- AENA, Alcatel, EADS, Finmeccanica, Hispasat,
Inmarsat, TeleOp and Thales -- has made little progress on the
project, angering the commission.
"Galileo is going through a deep and grave crisis," Tiefensee said.
He said it was probable that public funds would be used in the
"construction" of the system while the private partners would take
responsibility for the "exploitation phase".
One official has said that completely taking over Galileo would cost
a just less than two billion euros (2.7 billion dollars) on top of
the 1.5 billion euros the European Commission already allocated in
the 2007-2013 budget period.
EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot is due to present on May 16
a list of alternatives for the struggling project.
They are expected to range from totally taking over Galileo, a system
of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
officials have said.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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> The European Union's German presidency expressed confidence Monday
> that the EU will take over the Galileo satellite project, faced with
> demands for more time and money from private builders. "I am
> confident we will reach a solution on that in June" when EU transport
> ministers meet, said German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee,
> whose country holds the EU presidency until the end of next month.
> "There will be greater participation by the public sector in the
> construction phase of the system," he said, three days before a
> deadline for the eight private builders to sort out their
> differences.
> The Galileo project is meant to compete with the US Global
> Positioning Satellite (GPS) navigation system, which is free and used
> in many vehicles, boats and aircraft, but has been accused of being
> unreliable.
> But almost two years after being named, a private consortium of
> industry giants -- AENA, Alcatel, EADS, Finmeccanica, Hispasat,
> Inmarsat, TeleOp and Thales -- has made little progress on the
> project, angering the commission.
> "Galileo is going through a deep and grave crisis," Tiefensee said.
> He said it was probable that public funds would be used in the
> "construction" of the system while the private partners would take
> responsibility for the "exploitation phase".
> One official has said that completely taking over Galileo would cost
> a just less than two billion euros (2.7 billion dollars) on top of
> the 1.5 billion euros the European Commission already allocated in
> the 2007-2013 budget period.
> EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot is due to present on May 16
> a list of alternatives for the struggling project.
> They are expected to range from totally taking over Galileo, a system
> of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
> partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
> officials have said.
> Source: Agence France-Presse
>
> that the EU will take over the Galileo satellite project, faced with
> demands for more time and money from private builders. "I am
> confident we will reach a solution on that in June" when EU transport
> ministers meet, said German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee,
> whose country holds the EU presidency until the end of next month.
> "There will be greater participation by the public sector in the
> construction phase of the system," he said, three days before a
> deadline for the eight private builders to sort out their
> differences.
> The Galileo project is meant to compete with the US Global
> Positioning Satellite (GPS) navigation system, which is free and used
> in many vehicles, boats and aircraft, but has been accused of being
> unreliable.
> But almost two years after being named, a private consortium of
> industry giants -- AENA, Alcatel, EADS, Finmeccanica, Hispasat,
> Inmarsat, TeleOp and Thales -- has made little progress on the
> project, angering the commission.
> "Galileo is going through a deep and grave crisis," Tiefensee said.
> He said it was probable that public funds would be used in the
> "construction" of the system while the private partners would take
> responsibility for the "exploitation phase".
> One official has said that completely taking over Galileo would cost
> a just less than two billion euros (2.7 billion dollars) on top of
> the 1.5 billion euros the European Commission already allocated in
> the 2007-2013 budget period.
> EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot is due to present on May 16
> a list of alternatives for the struggling project.
> They are expected to range from totally taking over Galileo, a system
> of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
> partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
> officials have said.
> Source: Agence France-Presse
>
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Sam Wormley wrote:
> They are expected to range from totally taking over Galileo, a system
> of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
> partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
> officials have said.
> of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
> partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
> officials have said.
Let's hope that they take it over, thus throwing even more money into that
bottomless pit.
-- Mark --
http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
> On Tue, 8 May 2007, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> They are expected to range from totally taking over Galileo, a system
>> of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
>> partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
>> officials have said.
>> of some 30 satellites which could be operational as late as 2013,
>> partially financing the project or abandoning it altogether,
>> officials have said.
> Let's hope that they take it over, thus throwing even more money into that
> bottomless pit.
> -- Mark --
> http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
> Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
> Si vis pacem, para bellum.
> bottomless pit.
> -- Mark --
> http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
> Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
> Si vis pacem, para bellum.
And that would be good because?
On Wed, 9 May 2007, Lezerdezes wrote:
>> Let's hope that they take it over, thus throwing even more money into that
>> bottomless pit.
>> bottomless pit.
> And that would be good because?
It keeps the Europeans (specifically, the French and Germans) busy and
consumes their excess financial resources, thus ensuring that they will
never again be able to afford to launch another world war. Twice in one
century was enough.
-- Mark --
http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
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