LA PLATA, Maryland — Despite criticism from a European Union report on European competitiveness and regular critiques from Europe’s largest space power, France, the European Space Agency (ESA) will not dismantle its geographic-return principle of contract awards but will render it simpler and more flexible.
That is the conclusion of a “Tiger team” of industry experts, ESA staff and ESA member governments, which presented its results to ESA’s ruling council Dec. 16-17, according to ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher.
In a Dec . . .
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