Woerner at Space19+ ministerial
ESA Director General Jan Woerner (standing) makes his final pitech for the agency's proposed 12.5-billion-euro budget at the Space19+ ministerial meeting Nov. 27. Credit: ESA webcast

SEVILLE, Spain — Representatives of ESA’s member states gathered here Nov. 27 for the start of a two-day meeting that will end with decisions on what programs to fund, and at what levels, for the next three years.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...