Europe may finally have found a space entrepreneur who is meeting the moment

All of a sudden, French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby is seemingly everywhere. This week she is serving as one of two envoys, alongside astronaut Thomas Pesquet, at a high-profile International Space Summit convened by French President Emmanuel Macron. The government's website for the event describes her as chief executive of "the fastest-growing space company in Europe." Also this week, that firm, The Exploration Company, announced a significant capital raise of $450 million in Series C funding.