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Dr Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency on The Big Question

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Video. Space will be ‘an essential part of the future economy,’ says ESA

Updated: 17/02/2025 - 6:27 GMT+1

“20 years ago, nobody would have ever imagined the dimension of what the internet brings today for daily life and I think space is in a similar situation,” Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency, told The Big Question.

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