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    Foreword to European Space Directory 201301 May 2013

    Foreword to European Space Directory 201301 May 2013 The year 2012 has been a very successful and fruitful year for Europe in space. European industry was once more behind the uninterrupted string of successes that have highlighted the European Space Agency’s activities in recent years. And 2013 promise...

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    Space has gone from remarkable to commonplace16 April 2013 Air & Cosmos is celebrating its 50th anniversary. I can still remember my surprise on seeing my name in its pages for the first time in the early 1970s, in an article describing Onera’s work on suppression of the pogo effect in the Diamant la...

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    ESA Council at Ministerial Level, Naples, 20 November 2012

    Making space for Europe - Pan European Networks March 201310 April 2013 In November 2012, the European Space Agency (ESA) concluded a successful two-day council meeting at ministerial level in Naples, Italy. At the conference, ministers from ESA’s 20 member states and Canada allocated €10bn to the agen...

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    Watch Heads of Space Agencies session at IAC 201202 October 2012 The first plenary session at the 63rd International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy, featured a discussion panel with heads and top representatives of space agencies.

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