The Russian Defense Ministry's apparently unilateral decision to scuttle the planned launch of a European re-entry experiment aboard a converted submarine-launched ballistic missile was unfortunate, to say the least. Not only does it leave the European Space Agency (ESA) with no means to launch the European Experimental Reentry Testbed, or Expert, it represents yet another setback for industrywide efforts to find low-cost access to space for small payloads.
展开▼
