On Thursday 10 September, at the Paris Space Summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen explained that the choices made now “will shape” Europeans’ place in space “for the decades to come”.
In her view, “that is the European way, strong enough to act independently but confident enough to work with others.” “Because the greatest possibilities of space will only be realised when we work together”, she warned, pointing out that space represented a major...