Europe Seeks More Space Autonomy

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Europe must boost space investment to secure autonomy from US, says ESA boss

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Josef Aschbacher is the director general of the European Space Agency (Esa) The Esa is tasked with overseeing the space exploration ambitions of European countries including much of the EU and the UK .

The world is in the middle of a second space race, with governments and also private companies taking advantage of huge advances in satellites, sensors and, crucially, rockets.

Esa is seeking to spur more launch competitors for the next generation of rockets.

One Esa-led project, the Prometheus engine, should be able to launch in “less than a handful of years ,” Aschbacher said.

Private-sector players, such as German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg , are also in the race.

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