Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Europe/ESA

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 * U5K0: I'm currently working on the ESRO article. And the history part of the core ESA article.
 * Rik ISS-fan ESA FLPP finished! I'll work on Budget / Funding page. I'm not a native English speaker, so please check and correct my spelling. Rik ISS-fan (talk) 23:39, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
 * user: this is what I'm doing

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I'm new at this task force stuff so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.U5K0 (talk) 22:41, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've tagged everything in the ESA category (though not ESA importance, I don't know much on ESA so couldn't rate on that). The content (class/quality) box is supposed to be updated automatically by a bot. Check the one on the EU page (look at where it is sub page wise and the history). I'm afraid I don't know how to set one up off hand though, WP 1.0 should have the info.- J.Logan(t) : 23:37, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Made an attempt at the content box, if the bots update it (sorry, the figures left in it are the WP:EU ones) then it works. If they leave it then I've done something wrong.....- J.Logan(t) : 23:45, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
 * how quickly should they update the figures? and can I correct them for the time being?U5K0 (talk) 00:20, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Who knows (look at the history for the others, about 2-8 day gaps) and of course.- J.Logan(t) : 00:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay okay, I know what's going on now. Yes, we just need to wait and the bot will sort out all the stuff it was going to anyway. It is just rather slow, and with luck actually doing something won't confuse it and delay it even longer.- J.Logan(t) : 00:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, did you see it update? It was on the 19th, I missed it some how, but its working fine now! Whey! (so glad I didn't bugger it up now)- J.Logan(t) : 23:14, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Saw it just now. Great job.U5K0 (talk) 00:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

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LISA Pathfinder: launch date?
When is the LISA Pathfinder to be launched? ESA gives two actually three dates: 2012, and June 2011 and March 2010. Should be rectified in the LISA Pathfinder article and in all other relevant articles. --Eleassar my talk 09:13, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

EarthCARE
I've started an article. please help expand it if you can. Tubefurnace (talk) 20:05, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Space projects reorganisation
Hi folks, there's a big discussion going on at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Space/2010 Reorganisation as to the future of the space-related WikiProjects, and a suggestion has been made that this task force might do better if merged into WPSpaceflight - any opinions on the matter from members here would be appreciated! Thanks, Colds7ream (talk) 18:20, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

International Space Station
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ESA Ministerial Council 2012
At the and of this year the next Ministerial council will take place. Unfortunately I couldn't find any wiki page on this. The ESA wiki also doesn't explain what will happen. While these conferences are the go/no-go decision points for many ESA programs.

Therefor I think it's useful to spend some words ore maybe even a hole page on the ESA Ministerial Council's. And the rules the ESA programs have to follow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rik ISS-fan (talk • contribs) 23:26, 30 May 2012 (UTC)


 * My suggestion would be to begin with a section for the main ESA article called Decision making or something like that. This section could be developed here before it goes live or just done on the page itself - my preference is to at least get it started here. Also, please sign your posts. Thank you. --U5K0'sTalkMake WikiLove not WikiWar 12:31, 1 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree, while important in the context of ESA, I'm not sure this would work as a stand-alone article. The main ESA page could do with more focus on the organisation, structure, decision making etc rather than just its projects.  It would seem natural to have a section there discussing Ministerial Councils. ChiZeroOne (talk) 13:14, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Update to ESOC article
The ESOC article has long been inaccurate and has been identified as so at least since March 2009. I am planning a number of initial updates to start correcting the current version; these will include correcting factual information (e.g. there is no ESA ground station in the Falklands), adding links, references & citations and expanding the text with additional, basic information on ESOC (e.g. current roles and responsibilities).

I would be delighted to hear from anyone who wishes to collaborate and/or contribute! Daniel Scuka 12:02, 17 November 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danno612 (talk • contribs)

First content made for Wikipedia, by ESA, in space!


The first ever content made in space specifically for Wikipedia was uploaded to Commons today, and is used on Paolo Nespoli. See Close encounters of the Wikipedia kind for how this happened. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:39, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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