Risks of Mixing Launcher Policy into FSS Business

摘要

A recent article in Space News offered a number of suggestions from a group of eminent European space industry figures on ways to revamp the Eu-ropean launch industry and, specifically, Arianespace ["Former Officials Urge 'Rad-ical' Overhaul of European Launch Indus-try," Nov. 22, page 7]. European officials certainly should give the "Long-Term Strategy for European Space Launchers" study serious consideration given the inti-mate knowledge the report's authors have of Europe's launch sector development and growth over the last two decades and more. Yet we at the international telecom market research and consulting firm NSR feel that while many of the suggestions in this study are no doubt very worthy of fu-ture implementation, there are two issues raised, one of fact and one of opinion, that are contestable.