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Are We Going to Be Passengers or Pilots?: Europe Needs €10 Billion to Gain Autonomy in Space

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The Director-General of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, defended this Wednesday an investment of 10 billion euros in the next decade to strengthen European autonomy in space, including the development of own capabilities to transport astronauts, in a proposal that will be analyzed by the member countries of the agency in December

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Josef Aschbacher, Director-General of the European Space Agency, was in Paris on Wednesday 9 September at the Space Summit. He calculated the cost of the space independence of the Old Continent at 10 billion euros, spread over ten years.

·Gennevilliers, France
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The Director-General of the European Space Agency, Josef Aschbacher, defended this Wednesday an investment of 10 billion euros in the next decade to strengthen European autonomy in space, including the development of own capabilities to transport astronauts, in a proposal that will be analyzed by the member countries of the agency in December

·Paço de Arcos, Portugal
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At the International Space Summit in Paris, Josef Aschbacher, Director of the European Space Agency (ESA), called on the member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) to fulfil their space policy ambitions by investing EUR 1 billion per year for ten years.

The European Space Agency estimates the investment needed to strengthen Europe's space independence at EUR 10 billion over ten years, without which European astronauts and researchers would remain dependent on foreign technologies, flights and infrastructure.

The European Space Agency presents the bill to Europe. To compete with the US - which targets 1,000 launches and returns to the year by 2030 - and not to be exceeded by China - which in the same year will have arrived on the Moon - needs 10 billion. Precisely one billion a year for ten years. The request arrives at the International Space Summit in Paris, in front of European ministers and commissioners, by the same Director General of the Esa J…

Europe will need to invest 10 billion euros over 10 years to achieve independence in space exploration, the Director General of the European Space Agency said… Space: 10 billion euros over 10 years to make Europe independent - NAVTEMPORIKI

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Jornal Expresso broke the news in Paço de Arcos, Portugal on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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