Macron urges Europe to develop 'crewed spaceflight' programme
- On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability within a decade, aiming to strengthen the continent's space sector and close the gap with the United States and China.
- Europe currently relies on United States and Russian rockets and capsules for missions, as the European Space Agency has never sent a crewed mission into space despite securing a record budget of 22.1 billion euros last year.
- Macron outlined a 10-year roadmap targeting the "first European cargo capsule, Nyx, dock with the International Space Station" in two years and the "first European lunar lander, Argonaut, land on the Moon's surface" in five years.
- European Space Agency director general Josef Aschbacher emphasized the need for $1.1 billion in annual investment to ensure Europe becomes an "indispensable partner," warning the gap with world leaders is widening both financially and technologically.
- During the International Space Summit in Paris, several United States companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin declined to attend, while attendees acknowledged that "Space Europe is still weak" and faces significant challenges.
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France’s Macron urges Europe to ‘assert its ambition in crewed space flight’
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed space flight capability within a decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent’s space sector. Macron made the call during an international space summit held in Paris this week, which was shown the cold shoulder by several US companies including SpaceX and Blue Origin. “We want Europe to assert its ambition in crewed space flight,” he said. “Ou…
French President Emmanuel Macron calls on Europe to develop its capacity to send people to space in the next decade, as part of a broader plan to strengthen the independence of the European space sector. Macron proposes that, in 10 years, a European capsule with European astronauts and from other countries take off from Kourou, French Guiana. The Director of the European Space Agency estimates that achieving this goal would require investment of…
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The French president insisted on the need to "take full responsibility for European preference", while the space race is raging, with the United States and China on the front line."It is neither a big word nor protectionism, it is a refusal of naivety," he said.
Macron urges Europe to develop ‘crewed spaceflight’ programme
French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe’s space programme remains fragile and called for greater efforts to strengthen it. (EPA Images pic)PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability within a decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent's space sector.Macron made the call during an international space summit held in Paris this week, which was shown the…
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