Europe still cannot launch its own astronauts, and French President Macron wants that to change
- President Macron used the Paris space summit this week to call for Europe to build its own human spaceflight capability.
- Only the United States, Russia and China have ever launched people into space independently, with India building Gaganyaan.
- SpaceX and Blue Origin pulled out after a White House call warned that attending could look like backing European positions.
- Germany is co-chairing but Chancellor Merz stayed away, and Berlin is less willing than Paris to break from SpaceX.
Source: indiatoday.in
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