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Europeans have delayed their scheduled Mars trip by three years. (Photo: European Space Agency / NASA)

EU pledges billions for space programme

European ministers pledged €10 billion for space programmes, saying that investments in high technology would help the continent's economy regain strength, currently very much weakened by the ongoing crisis.

"Investing money in long-term space projects is an appropriate answer to the economic crisis," French education minister Valerie Pecresse said on Wednesday (27 November) after a two-day ministerial meeting in the Hague aimed at securing the budget for the European Space Agency (ESA)...

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Europeans have delayed their scheduled Mars trip by three years. (Photo: European Space Agency / NASA)

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