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Will ESA’s ‘fair contribution’ reinvigorate Europe’s space ambitions? No, it won’t.
According to that principle, ESA pays back to each country in industrial contracts the value of what it gives to the agency. If France gives 100,000 euros to ESA, ESA gives France 100,000 euros.
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ESA monitoring asteroid that could strike Earth
astronomers have been carrying out priority follow-up observations using telescopes around the world and using the new data to improve our understanding of the asteroid size and trajectory," ESA ...
ESA downgrades risk of 'city killer' asteroid hitting Earth to 0.001%
The likelihood of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth is now 0.001 percent, according to the European Space Agency, down from ...
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ESA enlists Thales Alenia Space for mission to Venus
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Thales Alenia Space a ... experiment — on behalf of space agencies from Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and the United States — to provide a ...
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Risk of 'city killer' asteroid hitting Earth downgraded to 0.001%
A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth – 3.1 percent according to NASA, and 2.8 percent according to the ESA. The planetary defence ...