Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations

US space firms—including SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, K2 and Starcloud—withdraw from a French space summit after a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy official urged them to skip the event. The summit, organized by President Emmanuel Macron, is not part of the usual international space conference circuit, and while most companies pulled out, limited US representation will still attend.