ABSTRACT
Europe has recently focused on policy-setting and policy-shaping related to space. This culminated in the European Space Policy (ESP) of 2007. Before that achievement, a broadest possible discussion process was conducted, and after that date, work on all policy levels even intensified. This chapter describes the European approach to space policy and space strategy. It looks particularly into issues, which might be of interest and relevance for the current U.S. efforts of redefining its space policy and strategy. And, it further investigates perspectives for transatlantic cooperation and competition based on the European setting.
