The Week in Space and Physics #18

On Europe and Space, the exploration of Venus, Gaia's astrometry and mapping the Moon

Gaia maps the Milky Way. Credit: © ESA/Gaia/DPAC; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Is Europe losing an undeclared space race? That question lay at the heart of a recent interview with ESA boss Josef…