Four American firms skipped Macron’s space summit, and are due back in Paris a week later
THE SO WHAT
US launch and space infra players are signaling they’ll engage where deals get done, not where agendas are still being drafted. For operators, the real coordination surface is shifting to commercial forums like World Space Business Week, not state-led showcases.
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