The European project to develop a space jet for fare-paying passengers is still very much alive, says EADS Astrium.

EADS Astrium提到：欧洲要为付费太空旅行乘客开发一艘太空飞船的项目并没有结束。

youdao

In addition to owning the Astrium satellite and rocket concern, EADS also owns the airline manufacturer Airbus.

除了拥有Astrium公司卫星和火箭方面的考虑，EADS集团还同时拥有航空公司生产商空客。

youdao

"The market is there, " said Robert Laine, chief technical officer of EADS Astrium.

CNN: Opening the space frontier, one tourist at a time

The issue is now being studied at the ATV control room in Toulouse, France, and at prime contractor EADS Astrium's Functional Simulation Facility at Les Mureaux north west of Paris.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Space truck orbits despite fault

Dr Ralph Cordey, who is EADS Astrium's head of exploration and business, told BBC News that the concept of a gravity tug was actually first mooted by two Nasa astronauts, Edward Lu and Stanley Love, a few years ago.

BBC: British plan to tackle asteroids