Towards a European vision for space exploration: Recommendations of the Space Advisory Group of the European Commission |
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Authors: | Gerda Horneck Angioletta Coradini Gerhard Haerendel May-Britt Kallenrode Paul Kamoun Jean Pierre Swings Alberto Tobias Jean-Jacques Tortora |
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Institution: | 1. German Aerospace Center, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Division, 51170 Cologne, Germany;2. IFSI Roma Area della Ricerca di Tor Vergata, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100-00133 Roma, Italy;3. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Giessenbachstraße, 85748 Garching, Germany;4. Universität Osnabrück, Neuer Graben/Schloss, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany;5. University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis and TAS, 100 Bd du Midi, 06322 Cannes, France;6. Institut d''Astrophysique et de Géophysique, University of Liège, Allée du 6 Août, 17, 4000 Liege, Belgium;g ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands;h Eurospace, 15–17 avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris, France |
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Abstract: | As a result of increasing public and political interest in ‘space’ (i.e. solar system) exploration at the global scale, the Space Advisory Group of the European Commission has evaluated the situation in Europe with regard to its potential to participate in this ambitious global enterprise. Aspects of science, technology, environment and safety, society, spin-offs and international cooperation were all considered. The group concluded that Europe possesses sufficient key technologies and scientific expertise to play a major role in international space exploration and has recommended that the EU take a central role to ensure the success of future European space exploration, not only to give a clear political signal for the way forward but also to ensure an appropriate financial framework. In this way Europe would embrace the spirit of the European Space Policy and contribute to the knowledge-based society by investing significantly in space-based science and technology, thereby playing a strong role in international space exploration. |
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