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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - As European Union governments consider how to get the problem-plagued Galileo satellite navigation system into orbit, one EU official who has been there has simple advice — do it fast, or else the Chinese will steal the show.
The first man in space from neither the United States nor the Soviet Union, Czech European Parliament member Vladimir Remek warned of a blunder of cosmic proportions — and a wasted business opportunity — if the multibillion euro project fails to take off.
EU transport ministers will discuss on Friday whether to throw a lifeline to Galileo by switching to full public funding of the project that is running years behind schedule.
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