欧空局委员会部长会议将在今年秋末进行,继续讨论有关其参加美国领导的国际空间站工程的地位问题。希望部长们在6月召开的会议上能商定研制哥伦布空间站部件来参与空间站问题以及促进使神号航天飞机和阿里安5运载火箭的生产。但是,欧空局坚持6月份的会议一般计划为代表级的会议,仅 The ESA Council of Ministers meeting will be held by the end of autumn this year to continue discussions on its status with the United States-led ISS project. It is hoped that the Ministers will agree at the June meeting on the development of components of the Columbus space station to participate in the space station issue and to facilitate the production of the Space Shuttle and the Arion 5 launch vehicle. However, ESA insisted that the general plan for the June meeting be representative-level meetings, only