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Go to topicESA top management addressed the importance of education and interacted with sponsored students during the International Space Education Board (ISEB) activities at the IAC 2012 congress. Featured in this video (in order of appearance): Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General; Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Head of ESA Policies Department ; Giuseppe Morsillo, ESA Director of Policies, Planning and Control; Thomas Reiter, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations.
Credits: ESA – J.Makinen