Editing Europa (rocket) (section)

===Division of labour===
[[File:Blue Streak Engine Test.jpg|thumb|right|Test site at [[RAF Spadeadam]] in [[Cumbria]] ]]
Workshare on the programme was a politically charged matter. Tasks were to be distributed between nations: the United Kingdom would provide the first stage (derived from the [[Blue Streak missile]]), France would build the second and Germany would construct the third stage.<ref name="ley196406">{{Cite magazine
 |last=Ley
 |first=Willy
 |date=June 1964
 |title=Anyone Else for Space?
 |department=For Your Information
 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v22n05_1964-06_modified#page/n69/mode/2up
 |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
 |pages=110–128
}}</ref><ref name="hill 141"/> It would carry a satellite, which would be designed and manufactured in Italy, and weighted roughly a ton. The [[telemetry]] was to be developed by the Netherlands, while Belgium was to develop the downrange ground guidance system.<ref name="hill 141"/>

By 1969, the ELDO was beginning to realize that dividing work up by country led to not enough overall collaboration and had resulted in a disjointed framework of planning. This disjointed structure has been accredited as having been responsible for the lack of successful launch. In effect, there had been no single authority or group that was entirely responsible or in control of Europa. Notably, in November 1971, the West Germans publicly blamed the failure and explosion of Europa 2 upon immense divisions within ELDO.