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Space: “The cargo spaceship is a considerable market”, assures Emmanuel Macron
“This will be one of the main axes of France 2030 in space,” declared the President of the Republic, Monday December 11, during a speech celebrating the two years of this industrial plan. – (FRANCE TELEVISIONS)
“This will be one of the main axes of France 2030 in space,” declared the President of the Republic on Monday, during a speech in Toulouse to celebrate the two years of this industrial plan.
The objective is not to be left behind the United States, China or even India. In a “transforming space world”with the rise in power of private actors and the announced end of the International Space Station for 2031, France and Europe must position themselves, warned Emmanuel Macron, Monday December 11.
Access to space is crucial for economic, security and sovereignty reasons. “We have to get into this competitiondeclared the President of the Republic during a speech celebrating two years of the France 2030 industrial plan. It’s very risky.”. In this context, France must develop its cargo spacecraft, which allows the transport of goods or people, defended Emmanuel Macron. “It is a considerable market, with civil and military needs. It will be one of the main axes of France 2030 in space in the coming years”he added, noting that the European Space Agency “will support the process”.
“We know that we will have international stations, we will have to pay for the journey. If to go to these stations, to go and repair, to go and explore, the only means we have, the only cargo ships, the only caravels of space are Indian, or Chinese or American, we will have lost everythingestimated the head of state. This will mean that we lose our own ability to send the Thomas Pesquets of tomorrow into space.”
