A ?space summit? has been organized in India. It was marked by a speech of the President of India, Abdul Kalam. This speech was entitled ?Vision for the Global Space Community; Prosperous, Happy, and Secure Planet Earth?. It outlines the…
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The French National community concerned by all the programmes about environment from space is taking actions to protest against the foreseen decisions. Letters are addressed in particular to the Audit Committee of CNES. Actions to inform the mass-media are prepared.
The Council of Administration of CNES is informed of even worst problems than those submitted to the Scientific Programme Committee. All the scientific programmes are threatened, as the budget does not allow to pursue these programmes together with the Pleiades…
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The Megha-Tropiques team members organize a reaction to the threat : – Indian colleagues are informed of the problem and alert ISRO– two petitions (one National, in French, and one international, in English) are signed by numerous scientists : see…
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The Scientific Programme committee of CNES is informed by the Direction that, due to budget constraints, several scientific experiments already planned are threatened of suppression. The Committee refuses to give priorities and give arguments defending all the threatened programmes. Megha-Tropiques…
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