Author: Clara Dawson

Clara covers the business side of the space race — launch contracts, satellite constellations, and the increasingly crowded commercial rocket industry. She grew up near Cape Canaveral, close enough to watch launches from her backyard, which she credits for a lifelong fascination that eventually became a career. Before journalism she worked briefly in aerospace engineering, giving her technical fluency most business reporters lack. She's an amateur astrophotographer and has strong opinions about telescope mounts.

Macron summit seeks stronger European space role as US firms withdraw and key EU leaders skip Paris meeting

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PARIS [BE Report]: France is moving ahead with an international space summit in Paris this week as President Emmanuel Macron pushes for greater European influence and independence in an increasingly competitive space industry, despite withdrawals by major US companies and the absence of several European leaders. The International Space Summit, scheduled for September 9 and 10, is intended to bring together government officials, business leaders and scientists from about 120 countries, including the United States and China. Organisers say the meeting will focus on international cooperation, space regulation and the challenges created by the rapid expansion of commercial space activity.…

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