MP Klaus-Peter Willsch (CDU/CSU), German Bundestag

Space in Germany The Role of Government for the New Space Economy, 16 April 2015

Space in Germany: The Coalition Agreement of 27th November 2013 - Details

• refers to space and aerospace as “a key industry”, to be further supported, “playing a strategic role for the business location Germany”, and

• as a “cornerstone for European cooperation”

• as an “innovation driver through technology transfer to other economic areas”.

=> “Space research ” as some other technology areas enjoying a yearly 5% increase of the related national budgets

Sigmar Gabriel (f.l.), Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Angela Merkel, Andrea Nahles, Hermann Gröhe, Volker Kauder, Horst Seehofer and Gerda Hasselfeldt during the signature event of the Coalition Agreement (source: bundestag.de)

Space in Germany: The Federal Government (1)

• Space Policy coordination within the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy

• Supervision of EU Flagship Programmes Galileo and Copernicus within the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

• Reconnaissance satellites of the Federal Ministry of Defence • R & D programmes of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Space in Germany: The Federal Government (2)

Responsible Ministers and Coordinator

Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) Federal Minister of Economics and Energy

Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka (CDU) Federal Minister of Education and Research

Brigitte Zypries (SPD) Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) Federal Minister of Defence

Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

• Space as a key to global challenges: globalisation, knowledge society, climate change, security

• Guidelines of the Federal Government’s space policy

• Orientation toward benefits and needs • Orientation toward the principle of sustainability • Intensifying international cooperation

Space in Germany: Space Strategy of the German Federal Government (1) (Nov. 2010) “Making Germany's space sector fit for the future”

(source: bmwi.de)

• Prioritises new strategic goals: (while maintaining traditional goals as e.g.: scientific exploitation, space research, international cooperation etc.)

• Opening up of new markets

• Exploitation of Space for civil and military purposes

• European technological independence and access to

space

• Efficient division of tasks between Member States, ESA and European Union

• Establishing a unified legal framework (space law)

Space in Germany: Space Strategy of the German Federal Government (2) (Nov. 2010)

(source: bmwi.de)

Member States Division of responsibility between main European actors • Member States (D, F, I, UK,..) • ESA • European Union

Support to provision of Foundations: R&D, science, small missions/constellations, precursor missions Main supported policies: Science, Industrial Policy and Military Security Provision of the

Foundations: Access to space, Science, Technology R&D, large missions Main supported policies: Industrial Policy and Science

Application-driven programmes in direct support of European Union policies such as Transport, Environment, Civil Security: EU flagship programmes Galileo (Navigation) and Copernicus (Earth Observation)

Space in Germany: The Space Triangle

Space in Germany: The German Bundestag – Relevant Bodies

Responsible Bundestag Committees

Dr. Peter Ramsauer (CSU) Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy

Dr. Patricia Lips (CDU) Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment

Martin Burkert (SPD) Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure

Dr. Hans-Peter Bartels (SPD) Defence Committee

Dr. Gesine Lötzsch (Die Linke) Budget Committee

• Martin Dörmann, Raumfahrtpolitischer Sprecher der SPD

Space in Germany: The German Bundestag – Speakers

Speaker on Economy Speaker on Space Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer (CDU/CSU)

Covered by speaker on economy

Dirk Becker (SPD) Florian Post (SPD)

Dieter Janecek (Alliance 90/The Greens)

Covered by speaker on economy

Space in Germany: The Aviation and Space Group in the Bundestag

• Founded in 1984 • Multi-partisan Group • Bundestag differentiates btw.

• Committees • Subcommittees • Working Groups (official) • Parliamentary Groups on specific topics

• Currently 130 Members • Main tools:

• Parliamentary Evenings (>12 annually) • Info-Lunches (ca. 4 annually)

• Participates regularly in UGART

Space in Germany: The Board of the Aviation and Space Group in the Bundestag

Board of the Parliamentary Aerospace Group

Klaus-Peter Willsch (CDU)

Head Wolfgang Hellmich (SPD)

First Deputy

Andreas Lämmel (CDU)

Deputy Michael Gerdes (SPD)

Deputy

Dr. Reinhard Brandl (CSU)

Deputy Dieter Janecek (Alliance 90/The Greens)

Deputy

Germany EU Population 80 m 500 m GDP 3,4 b€ 17,0 b€ Space budget 1,7 b€/y 7,0 b€/y Direct employees 12000* 36000 space

Space in Germany: Facts & Figures = European Union

* Including public space research researchers

Landing on a comet

New ARIANE 6

Jan Wörner Next ESA Director General

2014 an outstanding year

Alexander Gerst

Space in Germany

Space in Germany: Germany a country of inventors and thinkers

Otto Lilienthal A. Einstein

Paradigm change: Space Race to the moon International Cooperation Commercial Space

W. von Braun

Konrad Zuse H. Oberth Basics for space and aeronautics

Substantial progress with commercialisation of “space”

Space in Germany: The NEW space economy! our response: Ariane 6

Skybox

Bigelow

Space-X

ARIANE 6