Europe weighs the cost of sending its own astronauts into space
- French President Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to develop its own way of sending astronauts into space within a decade.
- Europe already builds rockets and satellites and sends astronauts to the International Space Station – but it still relies on American spacecraft to get them there.
- As the global space sector expands, the question is whether Europe should invest in closing that gap, and what it would take to do so.
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- French President Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to develop its own way of sending astronauts into space within a decade.
- Europe already builds rockets and satellites and sends astronauts to the International Space Station – but it still relies on American spacecraft to get them there.
- As the global space sector expands, the question is whether Europe should invest in closing that gap, and what it would take to do so.
Sources: RFI