BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury

Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by skywal_l on Monday October 04, 2021 @04:16AM (#28744320)

Indeed but there is a great marketing value though. And these missions rely on being marketed to the public for continued funding.

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Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by SiempreViernes on Monday October 04, 2021 @04:21AM (#28744338)

ESA funding isn't really politicised that way since it's a international organisation and no single politician can get their names on things.

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Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by adolph on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:17AM (#28747794)

All Member States contribute to these programmes on a scale based on their Gross National Product (GNP). The other programmes, known as ‘optional’, are only of interest to some Member States, who are free to decide on their level of involvement.

https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Funding

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Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by dotancohen on Monday October 04, 2021 @06:40AM (#28745094)

Good thing that Giuseppe Colombo wasn't a politician!

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Re:BepiColombo’s First Views of Mercury by bregma on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:05AM (#28745215)

They could probably get more funding if they reduced the amount of science the probes do so they could insert sell and insert advertizing into the data stream.

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