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Subj: European Leaders Discuss the Future of Space Technology
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 145.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. May 25, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-145.04
Key decision-makers responsible for shaping Europe's
future in space
recently gathered in London, to discuss how to enhance
Europe's
leading position in developing space technology.
This meeting was part of a series of consultation events
on European
space policy, following the publication of the EU Green
Paper on Space.
The consultation will be closed by a major conference in
Paris on
23-24 June, paving the way for a White Paper and detailed
Action Plan
to be presented by the end of 2003. This week's conference
specifically
focused on how space R&D can lead to concrete applications
and
commercial products in a wide range of areas, such as
telecommunications, navigation and localisation, and Earth
observation.
European institutions are bringing fresh momentum to the
development of
a European Space policy. On 13 May, the EU Competitiveness
Ministers
adopted a key resolution supporting reinforced
co-operation between the
European Commission and ESA to this end. This resolution
calls for a
rapid conclusion of a framework agreement between ESA and
the European
Commission, and for urgent actions to be taken at the EU
level to
answer the challenges faced by Europe's space sector,
notably in launch
services and commercial satellite markets. On 15 May, the
European
Parliament adopted a similar resolution, insisting that
space be a
shared competence in the new EU Treaty. Next week, on 27
May, the ESA
ministerial meeting will address a series of key issues,
notably, the
future developments of the Ariane launcher.
[ANS thanks the European Space Agency for the above
information.]
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