Etienne Schneider Quotes

Fishermen own the fish they catch, but they do not own the ocean.

- Etienne Schneider

I have more than 70 space companies in the pipeline.

- Etienne Schneider

We will support the long-term economic development of new, innovative activities in the space and satellite industries as a key high-tech sector for Luxembourg.

- Etienne Schneider

Our aim is to open access to a wealth of previously unexplored mineral resources on lifeless rocks hurling through space, without damaging natural habitats.

- Etienne Schneider

Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.

- Etienne Schneider

Asteroids are often seen as a threat, but they are also an opportunity. The use of space resources holds a large potential for future technological innovation.

- Etienne Schneider

In the long term, space resources could lead to a thriving new space economy and human expansion into the solar system.

- Etienne Schneider

In 1985, the government decided to launch the first satellite. We had huge discussions then that nobody would need that kind of satellite or that it could fall from the sky.

- Etienne Schneider

Luxembourg is the first adopter in Europe of a legal and regulatory framework recognizing that space resources are capable of being owned by private companies.

- Etienne Schneider

London is a very important financial centre.

- Etienne Schneider

Luxembourg's aims is to be in the top 10 space-faring nations in the world.

- Etienne Schneider

Luxembourg is such a small country that we always have to reinvent ourselves and take on a certain risk to succeed.

- Etienne Schneider

Luxembourg has always been a country that has tried to reinvent its own future.

- Etienne Schneider