ESA council successful conclusion
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:45 pm
In the video of the press conference, M. Jean-Jacques Dordain, the Director-General of the European Space Agency, looked mightily satisfied and spoke of there being €15 billion (~$18.5 billion) committed from member states over the next five years.
(I'm assuming that this was meaning 1000 million= one billion, not the usage - still common in Europe - of 1,000,000 million = one billion! M. Dordain was speaking in French and I was listening to the simultaneous translation into English. The translator would probably have translated the French "milliard" as "billion")
He also spoke of €6 billion, which seems to be new money committed by the member states today in response to his funding proposals.
The video is available at this link below and a pdf of the Resolutions can also be downloaded.
(I'm assuming that this was meaning 1000 million= one billion, not the usage - still common in Europe - of 1,000,000 million = one billion! M. Dordain was speaking in French and I was listening to the simultaneous translation into English. The translator would probably have translated the French "milliard" as "billion")
He also spoke of €6 billion, which seems to be new money committed by the member states today in response to his funding proposals.
The video is available at this link below and a pdf of the Resolutions can also be downloaded.
MargaritaSuccessful Conclusion of ESA council at Ministerial level
2 December 2014 ESA today concluded a productive one-day Council meeting at ministerial level in Luxembourg.
Ministers of ESA Member States agreed the further development of a family of new launchers, and approved funding for the International Space Station and space exploration.
In addition, Ministers set a course for ESA to remain an independent, world-class intergovernmental space organisation.
