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The sheer presence of space in our daily lives makes it a tool of sovereignty and a powerful lever for growth.

The sheer presence of space in our daily lives makes it a tool of sovereignty and a powerful lever for growth.

NotA new Chinese space station, manned Indian flights expected next year, the first modern launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) and return to the Moon for NASA, the relentless takeoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 platform to put thousands of satellites into orbit… Major Programs and announcements abound all over the world .

In this abundance, what is the place of Europe? This is the challenge posed by the upcoming Ministerial Conference of the European Space Agency (ESA) on November 22-23, which will decide on its financing for the next three years.

Remember that a large part of our daily activities is directly related to space: telecommunications, geolocation or meteorology, we are permanently dependent on space, and this omnipresence makes it a tool for sovereignty and a powerful lever for growth.

Independent European access to space allows our militaries and governments to have the means of satellites to observe, listen and communicate in a secure manner. Furthermore, major EU telecommunications cluster projects are essential to complement existing regulations.

Deep Universe Observation

Thanks to space, scientific knowledge continues to advance, from observing the depths of the universe thanks to the extraordinary Planck mission or, more recently, the James Webb space telescope, to apprehending the fundamental laws of physics with the Microscope mission in particular, through experiments carried out by astronauts in gravity Minor as it happened during the last two missions of Thomas Pesquet.

Finally, space is the main tool for measuring the health of our planet. Satellites, which have been continuously observing the Earth for decades, produce important data for expanding knowledge related to the environment and biodiversity, observing and understanding the effects of global warming, improving mathematical modeling of meteorology and climate, but also for informing public policies in terms of reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

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In serving the entire community, the space also embodies part of the dreams and confidence in progress and science, which are at the heart of the European project and vision. As the President of the Republic said in the March in Toulouse: “We Europeans really nurture a certain idea of ​​space as a decentralized view of the world and of the human condition, as a common good that should be beneficial to all.”.

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