ESA Unable To Secure Commitment to International Space Station Extension

摘要

The European Space Agency (ESA) was unable to win its member governments' approval of NASA's proposed five-year extension of operations of the international space station because of an unrelated dispute over financial support for Europe's Arianespace commercial launch services consortium, ESA and European government officials said.rnAs a result, no decision approving the station's extension to 2020 will be made before a March meeting of ESA governments. ESA already is committed to supporting the station through 2015, though the details remain to be worked out.