Worried about U.S., ESA and Canada stress cooperation; ESA hopes Canada invests big at November budget conference

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — The heads of the Canadian and European space agencies alluded to the tumult the US space program as a motivator to renew their alliance and stress the need for greater autonomy and resilience.

Meeting June 6 at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) headquarters, CSA President Lisa Campbell and European Space Agency (ESA) Director-General Josef Aschbacher avoided speaking directly about threatened cuts to NASA’s budget that could have a major effect on their own investments.

But in the first visit of . . .

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