#ESA has announced a 17% budget rise, with €2.7bn for Earth obs, €3.2bn for science: #Voyage2050, #Juice #Euclid, #Plato and #Ariel. Also €2,7bn for #TerraeNovae: Earth orbit, Moon and Mars, with a lunar cargo ship and Martian surface rover. New European astronauts include a Paralympian. On Earth, €1.9bn for space telecoms, and a lunar comms and satnav system. Exciting times in space!
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Ministers_back_ESA_s_bold_ambitions_for_space_with_record_17_rise