A Draft Roadmap for European Colonisation of Space

I am from a country and a continent facing decline. To reverse it and take our place in the stars we need bold moves.

European spaceflight has fallen behind; SpaceX have taken the commercial launch market which was a decade ago dominated by Ariane 5, have rapidly increased the rate of launch and satellite manufacture beyond our ability to keep up, and perfected first stage reusability which remains at the concept stage in Europe. We lack a human spaceflight program of …