credit: Astrium
EADS Astrium's launchers business division's space tourism programme manager and chief engineer Christophe Chavagnac spoke at the 3rd International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety conference in Rome on 23 October
He declined an interview with Flight but did say that the company would release no more details about the vehicle until its roll out, comparing the company's commercial approach with the car industry that Chavagnac says does not announce a new model until it is ready to go into production
I didn't spot any great advances since my interveiw with Astrium's chief technical officer Robert Laine 16-months ago at the 2007 Paris air show, maybe you can
Watch the video of Chavagnac's presentation in the extended portion of this blog post
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