Why Europe needs to build spacetech
As geopolitical tensions continue to escalate, Europe finds itself far behind in its ability to access space without the help of foreign companies. A new set of European space hopefuls ranging from rocket launchers to satellite makers are raising large sums from eager VC investors to bolster Europe's sovereign space capabilities — and hopefully compete with US titan SpaceX. The panel digs into why governments, investors and founders are zeroed in on spacetech right now, the importance of space as a sovereign war-fighting domain for Europe and what technologies are being built.