Ascent vehicle technology Programme Discovery Programme Reference 2002-90 Contractor EADS Launch Vehicles Start Date 2002 End Date 2002 Country France More Like This Pre-Phase A Study of Earth Re-entry Vehicle / Capsule Possible “Multiplier effect” of ESA R&D budgets Applications and Implementations of atom-based Inertial Quantum Sensors New Design Methodologies and Techniques New Design Methodologies and Techniques