He didn't seem overly enthusiastic about a Moon base, he mentioned it almost in passing, as if saying "I guess a Moon base is now a possibility, if you fancy it

He didn't seem overly enthusiastic about a Moon base, he mentioned it almost in passing, as if saying "I guess a Moon base is now a possibility, if you fancy it then I suppose we can sell you some rockets for it". I'm not very confident about ESA's ambitions either, they don't have a very good track record of achieving ambitious projects such as this one.