There are multiple potential futures ๐Ÿ”ฎ that could arise from a lack of collaboration in #SpaceGovernance. Without further cooperation and agreement among the major and minor #SpacePowers, multiple, competing governance systems may end up being established, further increasing the potential for #conflict ๐Ÿ’ฃ https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/11/governance-in-space-mining-the-moon-and-beyond.html

#SpacePolitics #SpaceRegulation

#Autonomy refers to the stateโ€™s ability to #independently set directions ๐Ÿงญ, define policies โœ๏ธ, and #operate ๐Ÿš€ in the space realm by relying on its own strengths and resources.
#Europe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ lags behind prominent #SpacePowers in several critical hard capacity macro-areas such as human #SpaceExploration, Space Situational Awareness, and #SpaceControl. The current #European #launcher crisis provides a poignant illustration of the inherent risk of losing ๐Ÿ“‰ hardcore capabilities. https://www.espi.or.at/briefs/europe-as-a-space-power/

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Europe as a Space Power - ESPI

This Brief builds on new ESPI book โ€œPower, State and Spaceโ€ which sets forth comprehensive, cross-disciplinary conceptual framework aimed at a dynamic comparison of space actors, taking into account their technical, industrial and political characteristics as well as the trajectories that bring them in or take them out of โ€˜the clubโ€™ of space powers. The [โ€ฆ]

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#BBC ๐Ÿ“† 23 March 2023 #Europe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ risks being a spectator ๐Ÿ‘€ in next #SpaceRace. "A European citizen is taxed โ‚ฌ1.5 ๐Ÿ’ถ a year to support the #space effort. A doubling of that would allow all of this to take place". #NASA spends the equivalent of #ESA's entire annual budget on #HumanSpaceflight https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65053729

#HLAG report* : As all non-#European permanent Members of the #UN Security Council (#US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, #China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ, #Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ) are #SpacePowers with autonomous #HumanSpaceflight capabilities and are soon to be joined by #India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ, #Europeโ€™s lack of ambition stands in isolation https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/corporate/h-lag_brochure.pdf

*High-Level Advisory Group on #Human and #Robotic #SpaceExploration for Europe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

Europe risks being 'a spectator in next space race'

The continent is in danger of missing out on the next big tech boom, an influential panel warns.

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