The European Space Agency and the European Union have signed an agreement to accelerate the use of space to improve life here on Earth. ESA has unveiled a high-grade full-scale Mock-up of the Lunar I-Hab which will be the Gateway International Habitation Module. The UK Space Agency has announced an £8m Space Portfolio within the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund, which is managed by Future Planet Capital, and more. 
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Our guests today are Kier Fortier, Managing Director at Exolaunch USA and Exolaunch’s Chief Technology Officer Robert Sproles.
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Selected Reading
ESA and the EU agree to accelerate the use of space
Lunar I-Hab: Gateway International Habitation Module
UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Rapid rise of China's commercial space industry expected to continue - CGTN
Federal Register :: Launch of a Reentry Vehicle as a Payload That Requires a Reentry Authorization To Return to Earth
NASA’s Near Space Network Enables PACE Climate Mission to ‘Phone Home’
Rocket Lab Announces Board Change- Business Wire
The race to fix space-weather forecasting before next big solar storm hits
'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs
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