Casey Handmer
This whole statement contains zero information except that the Europeans want to ingest US space sovereignty into their regulatory maw. More cookie banners! Sorry, thank you but no thank you. The table stakes to have a useful or valid opinion in space are extremely high and going up. If you must have a number, it's currently a launch capacity above 2000 T/year. I'm not surprised that US interests noped out of this. Europe realizing a decade after the fact that by standing still they've been left far behind, and not yet realizing they lack the institutions or will to catch up, then spending two years workshopping this statement of priorities rather than machining inconel, is diagnostic. The Europeans will be spectators from this point out. They can gesticulate at the ref but he's on the other side of their TV.
Peter Hague
The “common good” language in the International Space Summit is likely a problem for the US. Like the Moon Treaty, it’s a demand that the leader(s) in space should share with those who can’t be bothered to invest in space. But why should they? What leverage does France have?
