[FPSPACE] Euro-Russian capsule: The silence is....like a vacuum

[Javier Casado]

 As far as I know, the project is in serious trouble. Last week, ESA decided
to drastically cut its budget proposal for the next years, and this is one
of the projects that suffer most: zero budget.
This will have to be approved next month in the members ministerial meeting,
but I suspect that ESA has been directed to drastically reduce the budget in
preparation for that meeting. This is not the only program affected, of
course; several will be cancelled (or frozen), and several others cut.

It is one of the consequences of the global crisis we are suffering. I
wonder what will be the consequences for other space agencies, I suspect
Europe will not be the only one affected.

Regards,

Javier Casado
Madrid, Spain

-- Original Message--

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:05:06 +0000
> From: Morris Jones <morrisjones at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [FPSPACE] Euro-Russian capsule: The silence is....like a
>        vacuum
> To: fpspace at friends-partners.org
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> There seems to be little current discussion about the proposed
> European-Russsian capsule plan, apart from Anatoly's regular updates on
> Russian Space Web. This is really surprising. ESA has no updates on its own
> Web site. The silence is disturbing. Does anyone know if the project is in
> trouble?
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