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December 11, 2005<br /><br />ESA is in discussions with NASA about joining the CEV and/or CLV development programs <br />and manufacturing effort. Unlike back on the Shuttle program (ESA was kept from the <br />critical path. The sole reason Spacelab exists), this time ESA member nations will be invited <br />to be full partners. This may include the option for ESA to order/coproduce/own and launch <br />CEVs from South America. ESA is also discussing the launch of Russian constructed and <br />delivered (to ESA) Soyuz crewed spacecraft. The Soyuz would also launch from South <br />America. This gives ESA the greatest number of options for crewed launch. It makes ESA a <br />clear force in human spaceflight.<br />