欧洲各国政府同意为国际空间站新的航天员救生船提供约 2 0 %的研制费。据欧空局 (ESA)空间站负责人 Jord E.Feustel- Buechl称 ,由德国和意大利牵头的9个 ESA成员国政府许诺 ,为该计划投资约 1.38亿欧元 (合 1.16亿美元 )。他认为有两件事促使欧洲政府为该计划提供如此强有力 European governments agreed to provide about 20% of research and development costs for the new astronaut lifeboat on the ISS. According to Jord E. Feustel-Buechl, head of the ESA space station, nine ESA member governments, led by Germany and Italy, have promised to invest some 138 million euros ($ 116 million) in the program. He thinks there are two things that have prompted the European government to make that plan so powerful