Ministers from the 22 ESA member states and Canada will gather in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 1-2 December to discuss future spending priorities for the ESA space programme. Before the meeting, each ESA directorate has drawn up a list of priorities to be considered by ministers. <br /> <br />In this report, we hear from ESA’s Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration Directorate. <br /> <br />Read more about ESA's Ministerial Council 2016: <br />http://www.esa.int/cm16