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[i]ESA also decided to move forward with supplying the Service Module for NASA's Orion. "For the first time, ESA is developing a cruise vehicle together with NASA," said ESA spokesman Franco Bonacina. The Service Module will be based on ESA's ATV cargo ship that supplies the International Space Station. The historic move commits ESA to a long term cooperation with NASA in human space exploration. It was largely made possible by an increased funding commitment from the United Kingdom of 20 million euros towards the initiative. ESA has made arrangements with NASA to allow the Service Module to constitute ESA's payment in kind for the ISS for 2017-2020. The move had generated some controversy due to the resulting designation of ESA as a subcontractor, which many feared would be off-putting to the general public.[/i]
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