The European Space Agency on Monday proposed a competition between European firms to build a ship that would deliver cargo to the International Space Station. 'You have to be able to send a cargo ship to a station and come back.
Delays to the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket launcher have left Europe without an indepedent way to blast its missions into space. Photo: E PRIGENT, P BAUDON / ESA-CNES-Arianespace/Optique/AFP/FileThe European Space Agency on Monday proposed a competition between European firms to build a ship that would deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
The summit, held in the Spanish city of Seville, comes at a difficult time for European space efforts. Aschbacher proposed"a competition between innovative European companies" to develop a service that would transport cargo to the ISS by 2028, then bring it back to Earth."The service vehicle could later evolve to a crew vehicle and serve other destinations beyond low Earth orbit," Aschbacher added.In April, experts in a report commissioned by the ESA called for Europe to establish a"sustained presence" on the surface of the Moon.
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