What happens to the space industry now we’ve left the EU? Can we still be a member of the ESA?

Question: What happens to the space industry now we've left the EU? Can we still be a member of the ESA?
- Keywords:
  ESA,
  EU,
  space industry,
  UKSA
Asked by spacefan226 to Vinita, Kirsty, Col Op, Charlie 🚀, Andrea on 24 Jun 2016.
- Charles Laing answered on 24 Jun 2016:
  
  Hi spacefan226,
  
  The European Space Agency (ESA) and European Union (EU) are both very different and if you leave one you can still be a member of the other.
  
  Actually Canada is a member of ESA but obviously not the EU!
  
  Charlie 🚀
- Kirsty Lindsay answered on 24 Jun 2016:
  
  Don’t worry- it will be okay 🙂
- Andrea Boyd answered on 24 Jun 2016:
  
  ESA is totally independent to the EU. Membership of one is unrelated to membership of the other.
  
  Also Eurovision is unaffected – EBU membership is also independent to EU membership 🙂

Question: What happens to the space industry now we've left the EU? Can we still be a member of the ESA?