The EU’s decision to give European satellite operators priority could risk a backlash from the Trump administration.
The US does similar stuff the other way round. They call it “national security”. They aren’t wrong on that btw. If the Trump opposes it, it means the EU is on the right path.
The last time the US opposed tech sovereignty of the EU in space they helped the EU overcome internal opposition to make Galileo a reality.
could risk a backlash from the Trump administration.
Isn’t that true for all the times a country does something that doesn’t align with his wishes?
@huppakee @CAVOK
Even MORE reason to do it! Any risk of “backlash” (coercion of any kind) is *precisely* what the EU would be avoiding by having its own system.
(This also applies – urgently – to EU-wide payment systems to replace Visa & Mastercard. … And to a HUGE SWATH of other tech that the EU should have already invested in decades ago!)
This should be extended to EU launch providers as well. Arianespace is great and there are a lot of small providers coming up as well.
