Around the world, international borders are hardening. Nations are competing for resources, technology and even orbits. But in Vienna this June, a different vision took center stage. One where space is shared, data is open and no satellite orbits Earth on its own.
At the European Space Agency's (ESA) Living Planet Symposium 2025, the "Breaking Barriers" plenary presentation delivered the powerful message that international collaboration isn't just idealism, it's infrastructure. Without it, Earth science, climate resilience and disaster response as we know them would fall apart.
