Negotiations between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union on the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) for the period 2021-2027 got off to a flying start when ESA’s new Director General, Josef Aschbacher, took up his post at the beginning of March, according to a report by the Director General on Thursday 18 March, following the 296th Ministerial Council.
Interviewed by EUROPE at a press briefing, Mr Aschbacher confirmed that he had reshuffled the ESA...