Shadow, First of His Name<p>ESA is the new NASA.</p><p>"Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation, requiring us to transform observation into immediate action, the energy transition and sustainable development of our infrastructure demand reasonable steps from all of us," said Peter Hanke, Austrian Federal Minister of Innovation Mobility and Infrastructure, during the opening ceremony.</p><p>"It is a good thing that we now have more powerful tools at our disposal than ever before."</p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/science/climate-change/as-nasas-budget-shrinks-europe-doubles-down-on-earth-science-climate-change-is-the-defining-challenge-of-our-generation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/science/climate-chan</span><span class="invisible">ge/as-nasas-budget-shrinks-europe-doubles-down-on-earth-science-climate-change-is-the-defining-challenge-of-our-generation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>