Written by Gilles Rabin Josef Aschbacher won his bet at the ESA ministerial conference, raising more than €22 billion. With an increase of more than 30% compared to the last conference in Paris, Europe is discovering its ambition for space, and the smiles on the faces of the Germans and Spaniards showed that this sector is no longer considered an excuse to take pretty pictures of the ISS or to present new superheroes in the form of astronauts wearing ESA jackets.






