Under the dramatic headline "Allegre Blasts Station,
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Management"
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(June 22-28) reported on some blunt comments by the French Space Minister, Claude Allegre. While complaining about a
long list of things (including
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, the European Commission, Britain, etc) he explained why the French government would not support crewed space activities: