As the European Space Agency (ESA) prepares for a change of leadership, euronews met with Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director-General since 2003, and Johann-Dietrich Wörner, who currently heads the German Space Agency and will take over from Dordain on July 1.
Our reporter Jeremy Wilks interviewed the pair at the Paris Air Show, where ESA has been showing off some of its finest missions. These include the IXV, Intermediate Experimental Vehicle and the famous robotic lander Philae, which touched down on a comet last year, and has now woken up again, ready to share more exciting science.
Jeremy Wilks, euronews:
Jean-Jacques, when you look at Philae here, how do you feel?
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Outgoing Director-General of ESA:
“I feel well. I must say that it’s a good time to leave, because leaving with such a success, I think that is the best.”
euronews:
What’s going to happen now with Philae? What are we going to do with it?
Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Incoming Director-General of
