EU lost space competition to Elon Musk, says commissioner

EU lost space competition to Elon Musk, says commissioner

'If we unite as Europe, mobilize our economic mind, we can deter any aggression, but if we don't, our union is at risk,' warns space commissioner - Anadolu Ajansı

Since Russia sent Yuri Gagarin to space in 1961, the country was right to be proud of its space travel. Meanwhile, however, it is in a deep crisis.

The EU is in a "deep crisis" over its space launch capabilities and has fallen behind Elon Musk's SpaceX, said the Commissioner of the Defence and Space Block on Friday. Speaking at the Europa Forum event in Brussels, Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said that while Europe is "very good" in some space programmes such as Galileo, Copernicus and the new Iris2 satellite system, he is lagging behind in launching technology. "We have really lost the com…

EU Commissioner implicitly backs Airbus-Thales Alenia Space merger, says GovSatCom capacity for Ukraine imminent - Space Intel Report

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