European Commission Outlines Top Space Priorities

October 7, 2010 at 12:13 pm | Posted in Space Law | Leave a comment

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

Source – Defense News:

European Commission Outlines Top Space Priorities
By JULIAN HALE
Published: 6 Oct 2010 17:05

BRUSSELS -The European Space Agency (ESA), the European Union and EU member states must work more closely, a top European Commission official said here Oct. 4.

That’s because member states have the civilian and military assets that neither the commission nor ESA have, said Paul Weissenberg, the European Commission’s director for space, security and global monitoring for environment and security (GMES).
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