Europe could pay 30% of Station Crew Return Vehicle cost

European Space Agency member states are expected to fund more work on the X-38 prototype of a reusable Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station, and ESA could wind up paying some 30% of the estimated $400-$700 million cost of building four operational CRVs, ESA's director of...

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