Whose space is it? Europe scrambles as US rules satellite race

Home Shows The Debate To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: France's President Emmanuel Macron, French European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos pose with astronauts and members of the Vast space programme during the International Space Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France September 9, 2026. The two-day International Space Summit brings together nearly 120 delegations to discuss global space governance. © Ludovic Marin, REUTERS 45:03 Issued on: 09/09/2026 - 20:35 From the show With the digital age comes the scramble for minerals below us and the scramble to master the heavens above us. Donald Trump wants a thousand rocket launches a year and with SpaceX’s reusable modules leading the way, the United States towers over the competition. It’s why for instance Ukraine’s president has to beg Elon Musk to use his Starlink low orbit satellite system to take out the Russian cruise missile launchers. Europe’s late t...