October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... agreements with the owners or operators of those missions, which can be either public or private entities outside or within Europe. … the mission responds to the pressing need for biomass observations in support of global treaties such as the United...
June 2015
Drone regulation in the European Union amid a thriving market
... Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) as a source of economic growth and jobs. In March 2015, during the Riga conference1, Europe took a decisive step towards the future of aviation with a roadmap to support RPAS services and manufacturing, promoting...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... dominance. As it grew it became one of, if not the, most valuable companies in the history of the world and one of Europe’s most vicious expansionists. It was the commercial hegemony of the early modern world, run by a clique of well established...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... risk is information dominance by a small number of worldwide champions or global service providers backed by the large web actors. Europe’s priority should be to secure the market position of the commercial VHR data providers. The public sector has...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... real purpose was to hit the president’s closest political allies. Being sanctioned, he was prohibited from visiting Europe or the US. Either way, the selection of Rogozin raised serious questions. Given the importance of space cooperation to the...
07 January 2016
France and Germany May Withdraw from ISS in 2020
... and has been the ISS' most vocal supporter in Europe for the last 20 years, occasionally pressuring France into ...Vehicle, NASA and ESA agreed that the barter would include Europe's service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle ...
