“ArianeGroup has a very clear strategy that he puts into practice with Ariane 6 and its short and medium term evolutions and has long been tracing its own path for the future family of reusable, eco-sustainable and competitive European launchers, developing the preparatory elements, including the new generation Prometheus engine and the reusable stage Themis “. the Strategy and Innovation Director of ArianeGroup, Morena, Bernardini, speaking at the opening day of the European Space Conference, in Brussels.
Bernardini noted that “in this regard ArianeGroup has promoted the creation of a consortium to propose the future of space transport to ESA. We are thus preparing the future family of European launchers and Maia will be the first pitcher of this new family. To speed up the fine-tuning of the various blocks, ArianeGroup has created MaiaSpace, an ad hoc structure, now controlled by ArianeGroup, designed to act with the agility of a start-up “.
Referring to the numerous start-ups that have announced mini and micro-launch projects, Bernardini commented: “I don’t think we’re running after others. I believe that when the industry leader creates a spin off to accelerate key technologies for the future at virtually the same time that it launches the world’s most important space mission into orbit with extreme precision. , doubling its life and thus giving humanity twice as much scientific results, well this company is not running after others but is showing the way to go “.