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"Mr President, although I do want to congratulate Mr Konstantinos Alyssandrakis on his extremely comprehensive report, I have to say that, on this occasion, the Commission, in particular, and this final report have not been bold enough as regards the European space research initiative. As has already been said, there is no longer any competition between America and the Soviet bloc, and yet, for all its scientists and technical expertise, Europe is unable to launch itself into space and space research.
We need to increase funding and create a specific budget heading for space research. The European Union should manage national space research budgets, for space research is, by nature, one of the main activities of the European Union and would clearly not yield satisfactory results if carried out merely at individual State level. We need to create a European Union space body which is separate from the ESA: the ESA is something different. We need to organise the launching of low cost European Union satellites to serve European industries.
Finally, I would like to point out that pensioners should somehow be included in this space research. How can this be? Well, in the United States, a famous pensioner, the astronaut John Glenn, went into space at the age of 69. I am 55 years old and in 15 years’ time I will be 69. I am already a politician: I could become an astronaut, the first pensioner astronaut of the European Union. I am booking my seat today!"@en1
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