{"id":18635,"date":"2025-04-28T04:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/europe-must-boost-space-investment-to-secure-autonomy-from-us-says-esa-boss\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T04:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:37:17","slug":"europe-must-boost-space-investment-to-secure-autonomy-from-us-says-esa-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/europe-must-boost-space-investment-to-secure-autonomy-from-us-says-esa-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe must boost space investment to secure autonomy from US, says ESA boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investing in space vital for sustaining quality of life amid \u2018volatile geopolitical\u2019 landscape, says Josef Aschbacher<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House has prompted a shift away from ties with America by European political leaders and a rapid increase in defence spending as the continent\u2019s security reaches a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/feb\/17\/europe-at-turning-point-as-leaders-meet-in-paris-to-discuss-ukraine-crisis\">\u201cturning point\u201d<\/a>. The ripples from Europe\u2019s newfound desire for self-reliance could go even further: as far as space.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s drive for more autonomy means it must also increase its invesment in space technology, according to Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency (Esa), the intergovernmental body tasked with overseeing the space exploration ambitions of European countries including much of the EU and the UK.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2025\/apr\/28\/europe-must-boost-space-investment-to-secure-autonomy-from-us-says-esa-boss\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/afb5cfcd2061594d4d4ac41fee9fbc810919242c\/0_224_6720_4032\/master\/6720.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=189808e341339b6a5a32467d6db7f8a5\" title=\"Europe must boost space investment to secure autonomy from US, says ESA boss\" \/>Investing in space vital for sustaining quality of life amid \u2018volatile geopolitical\u2019 landscape, says Josef Aschbacher<br \/>\nDonald Trump\u2019s return to the White House has prompted a shift away from ties with America by European political leaders and a rapid increase in defence spending as the continent\u2019s security reaches a \u201cturning point\u201d. The ripples from Europe\u2019s newfound desire for self-reliance could go even further: as far as space.<br \/>\nEurope\u2019s drive for more autonomy means it must also increase its invesment in space technology, according to Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency (Esa), the intergovernmental body tasked with overseeing the space exploration ambitions of European countries including much of the EU and the UK. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investing in space vital for sustaining quality of life amid \u2018volatile geopolitical\u2019 landscape, says Josef Aschbacher Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House has prompted a shift away from ties with America by European political leaders and a rapid increase in defence spending as the continent\u2019s security reaches a \u201cturning point\u201d. The ripples from Europe\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/europe-must-boost-space-investment-to-secure-autonomy-from-us-says-esa-boss\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Europe must boost space investment to secure autonomy from US, says ESA boss<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}