Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), announced on Monday 11 July the launch of a high-level advisory group to consider the future of European space exploration, both robotic and human.
The aim of this group, announced at the Space Summit in Toulouse (see EUROPE B12959A34), is to undertake an “independent and objective” assessment of the “geopolitical, economic and societal” relevance of human and robotic space exploration for Europe, Mr Aschbacher...