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Germany and DLR
Abbreviated DLR the German Aerospace Center is a major contributor to space technology and exploration.
With more than 7400 employees and a personal fund of 670 million dollars the space agency made the top most highly funded nations for space explorations.
From this point of view, the actual budget for Germany’s space agency was posted a couple of years ago and was $2 billion, to be exact.
With a long list of space missions where DLR was part of, and a longer list of current missions underway also in collaboration with other governments or agencies, the Germans are currently developing young talents in the space domain through its major laboratories.