As Russia, China, India and the United States pour large quantities of money into research and development in the 'moon, mars and beyond', France does not want to be left behind. On February 7th the French Parliamentary committee for scientific and technological endeavors issued a report proposing cooperation amongst European nations to boost spending and research on space. France's government has realized the time for hesitation is through and if they wait much longer the 2nd space race will be over, without Europe's participation. In the past countries such as England, Spain, and Italy have had separate space programs and France proposes a joint venture into nuclear capabilities and the Galileo satellite.
So, other countries are starting to realize the next race has begun. Because we all know what happened last time, will it be different? Will the separate super powers work separately to beat the other team, or will we all work together to make the most scientific progress? Regardless, China's most recent display of strength seems to have sufficiently scared France and the ball has started to roll.
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