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Article: Dollars and Sense: What EU Enlargement Means To The Space Sector.
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- September 1, 2004
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By Owen D. Kurtin
With its changing landscape, The enlargement of the European Union (EU) will have direct implications on future space business conducted both regionally within Europe as well as globally within the commercial and military satellite sectors. On May 1, 2004, the EU grew from 15 to 25 member states. This joining in a common market of the Western European nations that provide a significant percentage of global operating, manufacturing and launching capacity with new and underserved Eastern European customers is likely to have profound and exciting implications for the space industry and lead to many of the types of joint ventures we discussed in ...