Philae Lander: “It’s time for me to say goodbye”
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#2Please ESA, do not make another of those cute Rosetta & Philae comics for this. :_(
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#3Seems Twitter's increasing abuse problems are causing everyone to leave.
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#4I wonder how much impact the UK's withdrawal from the EU will have on the ESA and future missions.
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#5I wonder how much impact the UK's withdrawal from the EU will have on the ESA and future missions.
I think the UK will continue to participate in the ESA, since they are different organizations for different purposes.
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#6If only science not religious anti-science sediment ruled the earth then they would have just used a nuclear battery instead.
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#7If only science not religious anti-science sediment ruled the earth then they would have just used a nuclear battery instead.
I don't think religion had anything to do with that decision.
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#8I wonder how much impact the UK's withdrawal from the EU will have on the ESA and future missions.
I think the UK will continue to participate in the ESA, since they are different organizations for different purposes.
A substantial chunk of ESA's budget comes through EU. So the cost of UK's membership in ESA might increase, as they won't be participating through EU anymore.
That's the kind of thing that is hard to justify to Brexiteer voters though... "Now that we're rid of the EU, we have a unique opportunity to pay more tax money to other intergovernmental organisations!"
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#9I wonder how much impact the UK's withdrawal from the EU will have on the ESA and future missions.
I think the UK will continue to participate in the ESA, since they are different organizations for different purposes.
I'm sure they will continue, but as an EU member state working in the EU is much easier. Perhaps the skill levels will overcome any friction from visas and bureaucracy.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the UK will continue to participate in the ESA, since they are different organizations for different purposes.
A substantial chunk of ESA's budget comes through EU. So the cost of UK's membership in ESA might increase, as they won't be participating through EU anymore. That's the kind of thing that is hard to justify to Brexiteer voters though... "Now that we're rid of the EU, we have a unique opportunity to pay more tax money to other intergovernmental organisations!"
Here you have ESA funding by source:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/01/ESA_budget_2...
EU funding doesn't go to the main funding budget of ESA but to other activities like the Galileo satellite system.