Comments on: France signs Artemis Accords

By: BtB’s Original Mark

BtB’s Original Mark — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:43:48 +0000

Ray Van Dune is spot on with the assessment that the Artemis Accords are one of President Trump’s most significant achievements.
As an aside, although my proofreading gets worse with age, I hope never to mistakenly address you as ‘Rat VD’.
Mark me down as another vote for future comment editing.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:59:40 +0000

Sorry—Ray Van Dune. It would be nice if Bob allowed edits.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:57:06 +0000

Rat Van Dune—they really ought to be called the Trump Accords.

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:53:24 +0000

The Artemis Accords will be one of President Trump’s most significant historical contributions, although the MSM is loath to ever mention his name in association with them.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:56:59 +0000

BtB’s Original Mark, you are correct on capabilities of ESA. Yes, they always try to make agreements with other countries using trades instead of paying money outside of Europe. They are going with a sure thing.
Pretty much most space relations with Russia are dead and China is not to be trusted. I know from an earlier article here that India’s ISRO and ESA are talking about cooperation, but there are no formal agreements and India’s program is still young, but it shows promise in a few years.

As Bob said, first France, then Germany, and all the other ESA members will follow. Over the years I have always noticed that India kind of sits on the fence when there are international matters or alliances.

By: BtB’s Original Mark

BtB’s Original Mark — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:30:11 +0000

Perhaps one of the reasons France is joining Artemis is the limited launch capabilities of ESA.

Researching BtB, I see ESA has 2 new rockets – the Ariane 6 & the Vega-C. It is doubtful that Ariane 6 will launch this year.

According to ESA, the Vega-6 will launch July 7th & the principal payload will be LARES-2, an Italian scientific mission focused on gravitational physics & space geodesy (Earth’s geometric shape, orientation in space, and its gravity field).
Here is the ESA Vega-C YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/wArbQncm7_4