Luxembourg Teams up with ESA to Create a Unique “European Space Resources Innovation Centre” to be Established in the Grand Duchy
Luxembourg entered a strategic partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a European Space Resources Innovation Centre, called ESRIC in abbreviated form.
- Luxembourg entered a strategic partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a European Space Resources Innovation Centre, called ESRIC in abbreviated form.
- ESRICs activities will focus on space resources research and development, drawing together excellence from public research and its facilities, with private sector initiative and efficiency.
- Jan Wrner, the ESA Director General, stated: I warmly welcome the strategic partnership between ESA and Luxembourg in establishing ESRIC, a one-of-a-kind centre dedicated to research and innovation in the field of space resources.
- I have been closely following the Luxembourg initiative on space resources since its very inception and I am very happy to see ESA Member States driving new endeavours and a concrete outcome.