DLR Chief Confident Europe Will Keep Building Orion Prop Modules

摘要

The head of the German Aerospace Center, DLR, said Jan. 24 he is confident that NASA has made "a fundamental change in its thinking" about international partnerships and is ready to let Europe build all future propulsion modules for NASA's Orion crew-transport vehicle.He also said Germany will keep an open mind about the future European Ar-iane 6 vehicle, whose early design work is beginning, despite lingering doubts about whether it can be financed given European governments' budget crises.