ESA Programs Approved in Naples Still Lack Funding Commitments

摘要

European Space Agency (ESA) governments meet Dec. 12-13 to get a clear look at their total program outline for the next few years now that the dust has settled from a Nov. 20-21 ministerial conference that raised as many issues as it resolved. In a document dated Nov. 30 that was sent to the agency's 20 nations in preparation for the Dec. 12-13 meeting of ESA's ruling council, the agency reduces to hard numbers the program commitments made by its member states during last month's ministerial conference in Naples, Italy.