Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Esa boss confident agency will join US Orion project

Options
  • 13-10-2012 7:16am
    #1
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19920265
    For this service module, Esa will have to develop propulsion technology deemed safe enough for propelling a crewed spacecraft - something the agency has never done. The cost to Esa of this work to meet its ISS obligations to 2020 is expected to be several hundred million euros.

    Bernardo Patti is head of Esa's ISS programme and exploration department within the agency's directorate of human spaceflight. He told BBC News: "Esa, in order to offset its post ATV 5 obligations, builds the service module for the first mission of the [Orion], an unmanned mission that is scheduled for the end of 2017."


Comments

Advertisement