AP FACT CHECK: Trump neglects the role of Europe in NASA capsule

WASHINGTON – One of the flagship products of the President Donald Trump's Made in America exhibition this year, NASA's Orion crew capsule, will cross the space thanks to Europe

. four solar modules, the European Service Module provides the propulsion, power and vitality of life for capsule space travel and marks a departure for NASA that Trump did not mention at the time. Monday event celebrating American manufacturing. The agency said, "NASA will use a system built in Europe as an essential element to power an American spacecraft. Airbus, Boeing's main competitor in commercial air transport, runs a series of European companies that manufacture this module. [19659008] The Orion crew capsule, manufactured by Lockheed Martin as a prime contractor with more than 1,000 companies across the United States, sits on the South Lawn of the White House as one of the most prominent exhibitions of produ The multinational nature of the space industry and exploration – and the spacecraft itself – no longer has not been recognized.

"On the South Lawn, you have the space capsule," said Trump. "And every part is made here, in America."

His only reference to Europe was in the context of the trade war he is pursuing. "The European Union has been very tough on the United States," he said, adding "we will have to do something" to stop European car imports if negotiations do not work.

It is difficult to isolate products wholly manufactured in the United States. For example, in a long-established, integrated automotive manufacturing sector, vehicles built in Canada may be considered domestic by the United States

. The event of America last year, Trump posed by a Boeing aircraft that was manufactured abroad at 30%.

For the purposes of the showcase, the White House cites a Federal Trade Commission standard that defines a product made in the United States negligible foreign content and being final badembly or processing in the country. In addition, the White House says it selects only products owned by American companies and operated by Americans.

According to these criteria, it seems that the Orion crew capsule that was on the screen meets the model manufactured in the United States. Standard. But the spaceship, presented as a model at Monday's event, would not do it.

NASA considers the European module as one of the three main elements of the spacecraft. "The Orion service module is the engine of the spacecraft, providing it with electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air and water it needs in the air. Space, "says NASA. "After the Space Launch System rocket has pushed Orion into deep space and detached from it, the service module will propel the unsplugged spacecraft on its mission to 64,000 miles (64,000 km) Beyond the Moon and will help it to come back to Earth.Take off before the crew module gets into the atmosphere of the Earth. "

The Trump Administration Plans An unmanned test launch in 2020 and Orion's first mission three years later.Orion is designed to replace the space shuttle in time and take humans into a deeper space.

A flight of Test 2014 used a different service module The European Service Module is for future flights

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Tom Krisher in Detroit and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report

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