ESA Vision: accelerate the use of space

ESA will closely work with the European Commission to develop a joint ambition for space in Europe and to implement space programmes for European citizens.

The European Commission provides important political leadership to space activities including initiating and funding flagships addressing societal needs such as Copernicus and Galileo, which work extremely well.

In 2040, the market of space, or the space economy is about US $1 trillion, according to external estimates.

European space companies should be among the biggest and best space companies, strongly contributing to a greener and more digital economic recovery.

Third, we have to make sure that space is serving European security for citizens.

Fourth, in space transportation as well as in space exploration we have programmatic challenges ahead of us which we need to address.

We need to progress in both fields and develop crucial technology and capabilities to make sure Europe does not lose its edge in space.

That means we have to organise our processes internally with our Member States to make sure that we are dynamic, responsive and ready for the challenges of the future to be among the top space agencies in the world in the next decade.

We must act now and accelerate the use of space in Europe.

ESA proposes three accelerators to unite European space actors to collectively put their strengths and excellence to work to solve crises on Earth caused by natural or human-made disasters: "Rapid, resilient crisis response", "Space for a green future" and "Protection of space assets" will make the difference when dealing with climate change and geopolitical instabilities.