
European Space Agency Seeks Strategic Defence Role
The ESA Director General wants to propel Europe to a prominent position in the global space race with an investment of 21 billion euros.

The ESA Director General wants to propel Europe to a prominent position in the global space race with an investment of 21 billion euros.

€5 billion of overspending and allegations that the scheme is favoring French industry have caused a war of words between Paris, Berlin, and the European Commission.

The ESA’s director warns that the continent risks being left behind as a new global space race heats up.

The EU has become fully reliant on Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, to get its satellites into orbit, while its regulators hope to bring the hammer down on Musk this month over hate speech regulation on Twitter.

The spacecraft is carrying out a variety of experiments, from testing Einstein’s general theory of relativity, to plant growth in microgravity environments.