Messina Piero, Vennemann Dietrich
European Space Agency, Headquarters, France.
Acta Astronaut. 2005 Jul-Oct;57(2-8):156-60. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.03.020.
After a large consultation with the scientific and industrial communities in Europe, the Aurora Space Exploration Programme was unanimously approved at the European Space Agency (ESA) Council at ministerial level in Edinburgh in 2001. This marked the start of the programme's preparation phase that was due to finish by the end of 2004. Aurora features technology development robotic and crewed rehearsal missions aimed at preparing a human mission to Mars by 2033. Due to the evolving context, both international and European, ESA has undertaken a review of the goals and approach of its exploration programme. While maintaining the main robotic missions that had been conceived during Aurora, the European Space Exploration Programme that is currently being proposed to the Aurora participating states and other ESA Member States has a reviewed approach and will feature a greater synergy with other ESA programmes. The paper will present the process that led to the revision of ESA's plans in the field of exploration and will give the current status of the programme.
在与欧洲科学界和工业界进行广泛磋商后，“极光”太空探索计划于2001年在爱丁堡举行的欧洲航天局（ESA）部长级理事会上获得一致批准。这标志着该计划筹备阶段的开始，该阶段原定于2004年底结束。“极光”计划包括技术研发、机器人任务和载人演练任务，旨在到2033年为载人火星任务做好准备。由于国际和欧洲形势不断变化，欧洲航天局对其探索计划的目标和方法进行了审查。在保留“极光”计划中构想的主要机器人任务的同时，目前向“极光”计划参与国和其他欧洲航天局成员国提议的欧洲太空探索计划采用了经过审查的方法，并将与欧洲航天局的其他计划实现更大的协同效应。本文将介绍导致欧洲航天局探索领域计划修订的过程，并给出该计划的当前状态。
