Massimo Claudio Comparini (center), managing director of the space division of Leonardo, was one of the executives who defended the Bromo joint venture at World Space Business Week Sept. 14.Credit:Novaspace

PARIS — Executives with the three European companies seeking to combine their space businesses say the merger is still needed even as European government funding increases.

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Jeff Foust

Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...More by Jeff Foust