If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency
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NASA leaning into joint missions like LISA with ESA reflects a pragmatic shift toward shared capex for frontier science. For space and deep-tech operators, the bar is moving from standalone hero projects to architectures that slot cleanly into multinational, multi-agency programs.
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