ESA Boss Couches Lunar Plans In Security Terms

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Robert Wall
February 16, 2026

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher speaking at the Munich Security Conference.

Credit: ESA

The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has framed Europe’s need to pursue lunar missions in unusually security-focused terms for the civilian organization. “The Moon is moving fast from a ‘science outpost’ to a strategic infrastructure,” ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said at the Munich…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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