ESA Open Invitation to Tender: 1-11013
Open Date: 04/10/2021 14:48 CEST
Closing Date: 02/11/2021 13:00 CEST

Budapest hosts the Molnar Janos cave system. It is the largest readily accessible submerged cave system in Europe and its geothermal waters provide a constant year round environment. The size, location and environment of the cave offer numerous potential uses for space applications including: astronaut long duration training, EVA simulation, in orbit assembly testing and deployment testing. This activity will assess the possibility, practicality, setup/installation cost, running cost and business case for each of these potential applications. It will then produce a development and exploitation plan of the cave system.

Estabilishment: ESTEC
ECOS Required: No
Classified: No
Price Range: 50-100 KEURO
Authorised Contact Person: Carolina Binedell
Initiating Service: CIP-IPS
IP Measure: N/A
Prog. Reference: E/0907-09 – NMS Hungary
Tender Type: Open Competition
Open To Tenderers From: HU
Technology Keywords: 26-OTHERS
Products Keywords: 5-Non Space Procurement/Services