Slovenia Sign Agreement to Become 23rd ESA Member State (europeanspaceflight.com) angielski
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The French space agency CNES has announced a partnership with Spartan Space, the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology (MEDES), and the sporting goods retailer Decathlon to develop a European intra-vehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit.
The article doesn’t provide much background on this company, but this website I found has some more details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploration_Company
I’m not sure how much astronaut training usually costs, so I don’t know if this is a good deal or not. Seems a bit strange that there is no flight plan at this point, though.
Falcon 9 is awesome, but I really wish it had some more vibrant competition.
A follow-up to previous milestones.