The European Space Agency and the European Union have signed an agreement to accelerate the use of space to improve life here on Earth. ESA has unveiled a highgrade fullscale Mockup of the Lunar IHab which will be the Gateway International Habitation Module. The UK Space Agency has announced an £8m Space Portfolio within the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, which is managed by Future Planet Capital, and more. 


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Our guests today are Kier Fortier (https://streaklinks.com/B5zWc2GkJDda9...) , Managing Director at Exolaunch USA and Exolaunch’s Chief Technology Officer Robert Sproles (https://streaklinks.com/B5zWc199PTy3i...) .


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Selected Reading


ESA and the EU agree to accelerate the use of space (https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporat...)


Lunar IHab: Gateway International Habitation Module (https://mailchi.mp/d6604a3ff24a/gatew...)


UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.c...)


Rapid rise of China's commercial space industry expected to continue CGTN (https://news.cgtn.com/news/20240418...)


Federal Register :: Launch of a Reentry Vehicle as a Payload That Requires a Reentry Authorization To Return to Earth (https://www.federalregister.gov/docum...)


NASA’s Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to ‘Phone Home’ (https://www.nasa.gov/technology/space...)


Rocket Lab Announces Board Change Business Wire (https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom...)


The race to fix spaceweather forecasting before next big solar storm hits (https://wwwtechnologyreviewcom.cdn....)


'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs (https://www.space.com/marssampleret...)
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