Brussels, 17/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - The general director of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Jacques Dordain, has promised 2014 will be a pivotal year for the intergovernmental organisation which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. On Friday 17 January, Dordain took stock of the crucial stages that are to be crossed by the ESA in 2014, saying that the ESA can boast of having a budget that is “slightly down” in 2014 to €4.1 billion.
A large part of the budget is...