Europe should develop crewed launch capabilities

Recommendations from a 12-person ESA advisory group.

Issue 50. Subscribers 1,757.

Firstly, a huge thank you to Latitude for sponsoring another issue of the Europe in Space newsletter. Latitude is developing Zephyr, a 17-metre tall launch vehicle capable of deploying 100 kg payloads to SSO. In 2022, the company closed a €10 million Series A and completed the first hot fire test of its engine.

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