Archive - The Space Republic

The EU-US Trade Deal: What’s In It for Space?

European vulnerability revealed by outsourcing of strategic sectors

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Italy's New Space Economy Law

Italy pushes to establish its own framework but leaves crucial details for Brussels to decide

Jul 25 •

June 2025

Macron's Space Play: France, Eutelsat, and the Future of European Connectivity

Macron's Visit to ESA Signals France's Space Ambitions

Jun 25 •

Dr. Strangelove in Orbit: Lessons Still Unlearned

Why is one of the clearest red lines in Space being openly debated again?

Jun 20 •

Starlink’s Dominance: Beyond Technology, a Question of Control

Jun 12

ESA Courts Canada as Artemis Wobbles

With Artemis in limbo, ESA and CSA explore a plan B—assuming someone can foot the bill

Jun 10 •

Why Jared Isaacman’s NASA Nomination Was Always Doomed

NASA, Mars, and the “Best and Brightest” That Never Landed

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Artemis Cuts: An Analysis for Europe

NASA’s Cuts Represent Both a Threat and an Opportunity for Europe’s Space Ambitions

May 26 •

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Andrea D’Ottavio

Isaacman’s NASA Hearing

Rhetoric, vision, and ambiguities of Jared Isaacman's confirmation hearing.

May 21 •

April 2025

Managing the Space Debris Crisis

We are still producing too much debris. Can Europe help?

Apr 2 •

March 2025

The Uncertain Artemis Program

Can space cooperation endure the geopolitical fractures on Earth?

Mar 31 •

February 2025

Starlink’s Rise as a Geopolitical Disruptor

Starlink’s proposition threatens to disrupt national telecom providers

Feb 26 •

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