Image: European Southern Observatory [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Eleni Courea speaks to Jean-Jacques Tortora at the European Space Policy Institute about the challenges ahead for European space policy.
Nestled between Austria’s historic Belvedere gardens and Vienna’s concert hall is the European Space Policy Institute: a think-tank founded in 2003 to advise on Europe’s space activities. Here Jean-Jacques Tortora took office as director in June, after 26 years of experience in international space operations, including a stint in French Guiana assembling Ariane rockets in the 1990s.
The Frenchman has had plenty to contemplate after just six months in office. The European Space Agency suffered a setback last month with its second failed attempt to land a probe on Mars. The ExoMars mission successfully planted a spacecraft in orbit, but the attached Schiaparelli lander, which separated from its mothership on 16 October, crashed onto the planetary surface four days later.
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