Robert Brüll, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:19:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Robert Brüll, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Trump’s dispute with Musk shows the danger of private monopolies in space https://spacenews.com/trumps-dispute-with-musk-shows-the-danger-of-private-monopolies-in-space/ https://spacenews.com/trumps-dispute-with-musk-shows-the-danger-of-private-monopolies-in-space/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=519558 Self-proclaimed "First Buddy" Elon Musk gestures while discussing the sixth Starship test launch with President-elect Donald Trump at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. To the right of Trump is Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.

The world recently watched an argument unfold on X between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. It was a surreal exchange, featuring one of the richest men ever to have lived […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/trumps-dispute-with-musk-shows-the-danger-of-private-monopolies-in-space/feed/ 0 519558 Startups need a clear path to working with the European Defence Agency https://spacenews.com/startups-need-a-clear-path-to-working-with-the-european-defence-agency/ https://spacenews.com/startups-need-a-clear-path-to-working-with-the-european-defence-agency/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=516639 A satellite image of Europe. Credit: European Defence Agency.

The 2024 Annual Report from the European Defence Agency (EDA) gives us many reasons to be optimistic. It shows a continent waking up to the need for more cooperation, faster […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/startups-need-a-clear-path-to-working-with-the-european-defence-agency/feed/ 0 516639 Will ESA’s ‘fair contribution’ reinvigorate Europe’s space ambitions? No, it won’t. https://spacenews.com/will-esas-fair-contribution-reinvigorate-europes-space-ambitions-no-it-wont/ https://spacenews.com/will-esas-fair-contribution-reinvigorate-europes-space-ambitions-no-it-wont/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512225 Europe, imaged by an Earth observation satellite. Credit: NASA / LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response team

At a Dec. 18, 2024, ESA council briefing, the Director General, Josef Aschbacher, said the agency would strive in 2025 to “simplify’” the long-standing principle of geo-return. According to that […]

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