European Space Agency boosts budget to catch...
BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency said Thursday it would increase its budget for the next three years to almost 22.1 billion euros ($25.6 billion). Ahead of the conference in the German city of Bremen, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher had expressed concern that Europe could be left behind in space travel if it didn’t invest more money, German news agency dpa reported. Om Thursday, Aschbacher thanked ESA’s 23 European member states for their contributions. “I think the...



