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Next Goals For The ESA

Posted by timothy on from the cheese-mining-lunar-base dept.

zeux writes "With all the news we got recently from space I tried to gather some information about the next goals of the ESA (European Space Agency). Along with a space vehicle designed to carry supplies to the ISS between 2004 and 2013, they are working on the new 'Vega' launcher (2006) and still playing with the SMART-1 probe which is slowly heading to the moon testing an ion drive that is ten times more efficient than the usual chemical systems (1500 hours cumulated thrust time so far)."

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  1. NASA's success...? by jamdognut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "ESA hasn't had much sucess lately "...
    Hmmm, does loosing 2 space shuttles + crew count as a "Success" ?
    NASA got where it is today by being bankrolled by the US gov for military aims. Bush's push for the Moon/Mars are veiled methods for pumping money into space for military purposes.