European nations raced down to the wire to find an extra four billion euros for space projects on the second day of talks in Paris designed to further climate research and exploration.
its 22 member nations to come up with 18.5 billion euros to fund rocket launches, satellites and Europe's participation in planetary research for 2023-25 but the triennial talks have become entangled in economic uncertainty.
Nations were still struggling to pin down detailed funding of Europe's Ariane and Vega rocket launch network, he said. The funding exercise in a hangar-like temporary conference centre near the Eiffel Tower involves back-to-back rounds in which nations chip in to areas like exploration or observation, and then individual projects in return for industrial work.
"They are shifting money around; that is what is going on at the moment," said a second person familiar with the 36-hour marathon.
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