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 ...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
..., the US and Japan, as well as most of Europe. China’s free-flying telescope could also be serviced by the...change of US attitude is a prerequisite for cooperation. So, it may fall to Europe, (or ESA) as being in the best position to lead and push this...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... have proposed sending their own astronauts to space, in addition to launching three accelerators to drive the use of Space in Europe. As part of the strategy, the European Commission (EC) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) announced that they...
