The European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, announced on Tuesday 12 January his desire to give the European Union an “offensive” strategy in the field of space launchers in order to face competition via a “European Alliance”.
“Yes, we have fantastic EU launchers, competitive on the global stage. But the standards for launchers are currently being redefined outside of Europe. We all know that!”, he lamented in a speech at the European Space Conference,...