#spacepowers — Public Fediverse posts

There are multiple potential futures 🔮 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 💣 https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/11/governance-in-space-mining-the-moon-and-beyond.html

#SpacePolitics #SpaceRegulation

#Autonomy refers to the state’s ability to #independently set directions 🧭, define policies ✏️, and #operate 🚀 in the space realm by relying on its own strengths and resources.
#Europe 🇪🇺 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 📉 hardcore capabilities. https://www.espi.or.at/briefs/europe-as-a-space-power/

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#PapaSmurf #ESA

#BBC 📆 23 March 2023 #Europe 🇪🇺 risks being a spectator 👀 in next #SpaceRace. "A European citizen is taxed €1.5 💶 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 🇺🇸, #China 🇨🇳, #Russia 🇷🇺) are #SpacePowers with autonomous #HumanSpaceflight capabilities and are soon to be joined by #India 🇮🇳, #Europe’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 🇪🇺