CNES, command of space, research, industrial production of providers and satellites … Toulouse and Occitany are in the heart of European space and on the crossroads of dozens of international programs. What future for the sector, with the arrival of Elon Musk to Donald Trump? Editor -In -sis of the Aerospium -Website, Stefan Barensky, analyzes the threat.
A turnover of 10 billion euros, 260 companies, 15,000 jobs or half of the national sector: It is the weight of the space in Occitania, the first region of France and Europe in this sector. What threats are Toulouse, the capital of Europe, Elon Musk in “President to” in the shadow of Trump?
Before we come, we first have to remember the reason why we go into space: to ensure and protect our sovereign needs. If you monitor the climate, observe the country and the universe, guarantee the independence of our information, our defense and our communication in the face of other powers … Ariane guarantees us access to space, while our research enables us to have a very high degree Get jurisdiction among our scientists, very courted by the United States. The spatial research and research of the borders are not structurally consciously. Many missions of the CNES and the European Space Agency are therefore partnerships, especially at NASA. The arrival of Elon Musk has a serious problem for regulating the commercial area in which he becomes a judge and party.
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Above all. In contrast to the states that invest billions, private funds have collected and inflated their own bladder. His research and development was mainly offered by NASA, which opened her godfather. And today he controls 7,000 of the 10,000 satellites that turn … not only the low orbit with Starlink by believing that the geostationary, the further distant organs, on which we are very efficient, do not have the future. Which is completely wrong. Above all, however, Musk showed that he wanted a monopoly with full strength in space. He always rejected every collaboration. In the best cases, we are his customers, but in no way his partners, but he will want to set NASA solely for the benefit of his interests taking into account the guardianship.
Between Toulouse, Paris and Kourou, 2,400 CNES employees work on more than 150 scientific missions and projects. Will this influence the current programs such as human return to the moon with Artemis?
Science is not interested in Elon Musk. Its obsession is to let the masses dream by going alone on Mars and that the world helps him finance his spaceship that has just known A spectacular failureEven if his communication was in success. In this context, it is the European Return orbiter who has to go back and forth to Mars to bring samples from the red planet. But if he convicts our partnerships, the United States will shoot themselves into the foot. Three Orion modules are already delivered for Artemis. And a contract is a contract … Even if the payment is made in services and not in dollars, you are our debtors. In addition, he endangers the difficulties of Boeing, Northrop-Grumman and Lockheed Martin, which are on the launcher and the capsule of Artemis. Chosen officials of the US congress who have factories in their condition do not let him do it.
From a cynic point of view, Muschus and Trump have nothing to do with climate. For the rest of the world, however, the data needs remain significant and this should benefit the European Copernicus Land observation program, from which Toulouse is an essential link. In addition, the rule is the rule in space. The French stole with the Soviets during the Cold War. Not too long ago, European astronauts trained with the Chinese. What is not done with one is done with the other.