NOTICIA DE LA SETMANA 3: "Europe could cancel ExoMars 2020 mission if it does not get more funding"

Europe could cancel ExoMars 2020 mission if it does not get more funding

The European Space Agency (ESA) needs "several hundred million euros" to continue with its rugged project to explore the Red Planet, ExoMars 2020, and hopes to get those funds, but its CEO warned Monday that the program can be canceled if it fails the financial support of its members.

ExoMars 2020 is an ambitious European-Russian scientific mission in two stages at 2016 and at 2020 aimed at looking for signs of current or remote life on Mars.

The first part was finalized on 19 October 2016 with the successful launch of the Russian-European probe TGO.

However, the "Schiaparelli" module traveling on the probe failed to reach Mars well and ESA is still investigating the causes of the impact.


Glosary:

Sonda rusoeuropea TGO---> Russian-European probe TGO---> Un orbitador transportador robótico, que fue lanzado hacia Marte el 14 de marzo de 2016 como parte del programa ExoMars, liderado por la ESA.


Commentary:

En mi opinión es un desperdicio de capital, invertirlo en esta misión, ya que por lo que parece no llega a ningún buen resultado. Yo pienso que deberían abortar la causa y no gastar más dinero.






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10/11/2016