Europe Can Develop Manned Flights at a "Reasonable Cost", According to the ESA Director
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The Director of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, believes that Europe can develop manned flights at a "very reasonable" cost. The additional effort would represent about 10% of the Agency's current budget.
The US has fundamentally restructured NASA's lunar program, canceling the construction of the Gateway, as they prefer a base on the surface of the Moon, this has prompted Europeans to consider their dependence on the US.
Europe can develop space flights with human crew at "reasonable" costs, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher said on Wednesday, a week before the Paris International Space Summit, where European exploration will be at the heart of the debates in the context of the disengagement of the United States, informs AFP.
Until now, crewed spaceflight has not been a priority for the ESA, which has relied on the United States for its astronauts' access to space and for some of its lunar exploration ambitions. "If we were to add crewed flight capability and a bit more ambition in robotics activities," the increase in the ESA's budget would be "very moderate," Mr. Aschbacher told the Aerospace Journalists Association (AJPAE). He declined to give a specific figure,…
Europe could develop manned spaceflight at a "very reasonable" cost, the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA) Josef Asbacher estimated today, one week before the… ESA: Europe can develop manned spaceflight at a "very reasonable" cost - ΙΝΑΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
ESA's director general, Josef Asbacher, said Europe could develop manned space flights at “very reasonable” costs, estimating a budget increase of just 10 percent to boost ESA's ambitions.
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