What are the main benefits of the ISS?
A. The benefits derived from the research and technology development carried on board the ISS can be summarised as: scientific research in a physical environment not possible on Earth (weightlessness); observation and study of the Earth and the Universe from a vantage position outside the Earth’s atmosphere; technological innovation and development of new applications. In addition to these, it should not be forgotten that the ISS is the largest programme of peaceful global cooperation ever put into place, requiring an extraordinary technological and scientific, as well as legal and managerial effort, which will become part of our collective memory and culture. From a purely European perspective, the ISS is a unique programme of cohesion and unity among the European countries.
