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Since we have one for NASA, nothing for ESA, I started once here.
Currently the Ministerial Council press conference is running, with some great news so far, despite the hard start of the council.
Ariane 5 will be improved with the "Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution" AND Ariane 6 will be build. Ariane 6 is planned to launch from 2021-2022 on. But the future launcher program of ESA will still have its budget cut.
The ISS will be supported by ESA even after 2017.
The ATV will see an evolution and the cooperation with NASA regarding the Orion-ATV Frankenstein has the approval of ESA. With the Ariane compromise, France also agreed to pay 20% of the "barter element" for the Orion program.
This is especially because of the UK, which will pay 20 million Euro for the project as go-ahead funding. (This is also expected to raise the chances of Tim Peake to get his seat into space, since he is currently the only new ESA astronaut without a mission).
The funding for CSG will be guaranteed until 2017 already.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/...treit-iss-beteiligung-gesichert-a-868429.html
Currently the Ministerial Council press conference is running, with some great news so far, despite the hard start of the council.
Ariane 5 will be improved with the "Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution" AND Ariane 6 will be build. Ariane 6 is planned to launch from 2021-2022 on. But the future launcher program of ESA will still have its budget cut.
The ISS will be supported by ESA even after 2017.
The ATV will see an evolution and the cooperation with NASA regarding the Orion-ATV Frankenstein has the approval of ESA. With the Ariane compromise, France also agreed to pay 20% of the "barter element" for the Orion program.
This is especially because of the UK, which will pay 20 million Euro for the project as go-ahead funding. (This is also expected to raise the chances of Tim Peake to get his seat into space, since he is currently the only new ESA astronaut without a mission).
The funding for CSG will be guaranteed until 2017 already.
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/...treit-iss-beteiligung-gesichert-a-868429.html