VERIFICATION OF THE FACTS: The spaceship manufactured by Trump in the United States (and Europe)

WASHINGTON (AP) – One of the flagship products of President Donald Trump's Made in America campaign this year, NASA The Orion crew capsule will travel in space through Europe.

With its four solar wings, the European Service Module provides propulsion, power and the essentials of life for space travel of the capsule. "For the first time," says the agency, "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, is leading a series of European companies that have manufactured the service module.

The Orion crew capsule, manufactured by Lockheed as master builder with more than 1,000 companies The South Lawn of the White House is one of the most striking pieces of products made in the United States. The multinational nature of the space industry and space exploration – and the spacecraft itself – has not been recognized

. capsule, "said Trump." And every part is made right here, in America. "

His only reference to Europe was in the context of the trade war he's pursuing." L & # 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's hard to isolate products that are wholly manufactured in the US For example, vehicles generally have one or more foreign parts and, in a long-standing integrated automobile industry, vehicles built in Canada may be considered domestic by States. United States

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

For Needs of the showcase, the White House quotes a standard of Fede ral Trade Commission that defines a product manufactured in the United States negligible foreign content and in the process of 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 capsule of the Orion crew 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 on 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 over time and bring humans into a deeper space.

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

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