ESA plans Sept. 4 meeting with industry to promote autonomy in lunar, Mars exploration, protect against NASA instability - Space Intel Report

ESA plans Sept. 4 meeting with industry to promote autonomy in lunar, Mars exploration, protect against NASA instability - Space Intel Report

LA PLATA, Maryland — The European Space Agency’s Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) directorate has scheduled a Sept 4 meeting with European industry to discuss where the agency wants to increase its autonomy and diversify its partnerships as a hedge against NASA’s unpredictability. As it is with security and defense, so it is with lunar and Mars exploration: The 23-nation ESA, despite a stabilization of NASA’s plans for its Lunar Gateway and A…