Interview with Bignier, Michel

From the Oral History of Europe in Space Collection

Identity Statement

Interviewee
HAEU Reference Code
INT054
Interview Informations

Recorded in 21 October 2003
Interview by D. Redon in French

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Open Transcript, Closed Audio
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Electronic File

Content

Topics
education, professional career (page: 1-7, 15-16, 44-45, 49-50)
space policy: France / CNES: Hermes shuttle (page: 40, 49-50)
ESA: Ariane launch: 1985 (page: 41-42)
Guiana Space Centre: CSG economic impact (page: 40-41)
space research: France: French military launching sites in Algeria: ballistic spacecrafts / industrial contractors / nuclear weapon: 1957-1963 (page: 6-13)
Guiana Space Centre: CSG location (page: 13-14)
space research: France / CNES: CNES setting up / CNES staff (page: 10, 17, 19-20, 24-25)
space policy: France: Comité des recherches spatiales: 1958 (page: 17-18)
space policy: France / CNES: Diamant launcher: armed forces: 1962-1965 (page: 18-19)
space policy: France / CNES: Ariane programme: armed forces (page: 12)
space research: France / CNES: CNES centres: 1961-1972 (page: 20-24)
Guiana Space Centre: CSG technical infrastructure: 1964-1965 (page: 22-23)
space research: France / CNES: national research programme: satellites / sounding balloons / sounding rockets: 1961-1970 (page: 25-27)
space policy: France / CNES: satellites: USSR: 1966-1969 (page: 27-28)
ELDO: Blue Streak launcher / ELDO crisis / Europa launcher: LIIIS launcher: 1960-1974 (page: 28-31)
ESRO: ESRO centres / ESRO staff / industrial contractors (page: 31-32)
space policy: France / CNES: Symphonie satellite: Federal Republic of Germany (page: 34-35)
space policy: France / CNES: Meteosat satellite (page: 35-36, 60)
space policy: France: CNES / SEPOR: CNES crisis: 1973-1976 (page: 36-37)
space policy: France / CNES: technoscientific cooperation: India: 1962-1964 (page: 38-39)
space exploitation: Eutelsat / Intelsat: 1964-1970 (page: 38-39)
space policy: France / CNES: CNES director general: 1971-1976 (page: 40)
ESA: Spacelab: aerospace industry / manned space missions: 1981-1986 (page: 44-49)
space policy: France: national research budget: Ariane programme: 1974 (page: 42-43)
Guiana Space Centre: CSG configuration B (page: 43)
space policy: France / CNES: scientific cooperation: Canada: 1963-1967 (page: 47-48)
space exploitation: space insurance: 1975-1998 (page: 51-55)
space policy: France: 1960-2003 (page: 58-61)
space policy: France: armed forces: Gulf War / Helios space probe: 1973-2003 (page: 62-64)
Cited Persons

Allest, Frédéric D', Aubinière, Robert, Auger, Pierre, Bastien-Thiry, Jean-Marie, Blamont, Jacques, Bondi, Hermann, Bonte, Général, Bortzmeyer, Hubert, Carrobio Di Carrobio, Renzo, Chaban-Delmas, Jacques, Chiquet, Pierre, Coulomb, Jean, Curien, Hubert, Dassault, Serge, Deloffre, Bernard, Denisse, Jean-François, Dhabi, Mohamed, Gibson, Roy, Golonka, Bernard, Gruau, Jean, Lévy, Maurice, Lüst, Reimar, Mitterrand, François, Morin, François, Namy, Xavier, Pierrat, Jacques, Piganiol, Jacques, Quistgaard, Erik, Sillard, Yves, Vignelles, Roger

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