>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ANDY, ARE YOU READY FOR THE
EVENT?.
>> HOUSTON, THIS IS STATION.
I AM READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> ESA, THIS IS MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON, PLEASE CALL STATION FOR
A VOICE CHECK.
>> STATION, THIS IS IPO.
HOW CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
HOW DO YOU HAVE ME?
>> VERY WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANDY, GOOD
TO SEE YOU IN SPACE.
I NOW INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR
DIRECTOR GENERAL.
>> THANK YOU, HELLO, ANDY.
ACTUALLY, WE SAW EACH OTHER A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
STILL REMEMBER THE TOUR YOU GAVE
ME FOR THE SPACE STATION.
WAS IMPRESSIVE.
THANK YOU, ANDY.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I AM CALLING IN THE MIDST OF ALL
THE MINISTERS AND DELEGATES OF
THE SPACE SUMMIT.
WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING
AHEAD OF US, BUT BEFORE WE GO TO
BUSINESS, I WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS YOU BRIEFLY.
YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE SPACE
STATION IN 2015 SO THIS IS THE
SECOND TRIP.
YOU ARE NOW THE COMMANDER OF THE
SPACE STATION, WHICH IS A BIG
HONOR FOR YOU AS PERSON, AS AN
ASTRONAUT.
I ALSO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
PRIDE FOR ESA FOR YOU ALL, BUT
TO GIVE, YOU WILL BE IN ESA
ASTRONAUT, HONOR OF BEING THE
COMMANDER OF THE SPACE STATION.
SO ANDY, HOW DO YOU FULFILL THIS
IMPORTANT ROLE OF ISS COMMANDER?
>> AM EQUALLY PROUD OF THE
GROWING ROLE AND THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT EUROPE AND
ESA ARE PLAYING IN SPACE, NOT
JUST ASTRONAUTS SERVING AS
COMMANDERS ONBOARD THE SPACE
STATION, BUT, ALSO, UPCOMING
MISSIONS LIKE ARTEMIS, WHERE,
WHERE ESA IS A CRITICAL PARTNER
TO NASA, AND, AND IT IS
DELIVERING THE EUROPEAN SERVICE
MODULE, WHICH TOGETHER WITH THE
ORION CAPSULE WILL ENABLE HUMANS
TO RETURN TO THE MOON.
IN BOTH CASES, IT IS AN EXAMPLE
OF THE, YOU KNOW, GROWING ROLES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EUROPE
IS READY TO ASSUME AND IT IS
SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME PROUD.
IT ALL COMES BACK TO HARD WORK,
UM, AND TEAM WORK, YOU KNOW?
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ARE SEVEN ASTRONAUTS THAT
HAVE TRAINED TOGETHER, PREPARED
TOGETHER, THAT REALLY MAKES IT,
A SMOOTH, A SMOOTH DAILY LIFE
ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION, AND,
AS LONG AS EVERYTHING IS GOING
NOMINALLY, MY ROLE IS TO SORT OF
STAY IN THE BACKGROUND, AND JUST
LET EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING FLOW
ACCORDING TO PLANNED AND THAT IS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT
WELL-TRAINED CREW UP HERE.
>> YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FIRST
INSPIRING ANSWER AND, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
HERE IS AND MA, THE CHAIR FROM
GERMANY FOR TODAY'S MEETING AND
I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO ASK YOU,
ASK BUT THE TOPIC.
THIS IS ALSO FOR THE SUMMIT
HERE, IMPORTANT, SPACE AND
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SO WHAT SPACE
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO PROTECT OUR
PLANET TO PROTECT CLIMATE AND,
UM, OUR WOULD LIKE TO ASK
WHETHER YOU ARE CONDUCTING
EXPERIMENTS ON THE ISS WHICH
HELP OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
CLIMATE, AND IF YOU COULD SAY A
FEW WORDS ABOUT THEM, THANK YOU.
>> WE OFTEN MAKE THE MISTAKE OF
THINKING THAT SPACE EXPLORATION
IS EVERYTHING WE SEE IN THE
NIGHT SKY, WHEN WE LOOK UP, BUT
ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZE AS
ASTRONAUTS AS SOON AS WE LAUNCH
INTO SPACE, SPACE EXPLORATION IS
JUST AS MUCH ABOUT THE EARTH,
UM, BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE LAUNCH
IN SPACE, AS SOON AS WE LOOK OUT
THE WINDOWS, OUR EYES ARE
AUTOMATICALLY DRAWN TO THE
EARTH.
WE REALIZE VERY QUICKLY, HOW
UNIQUE THE EARTH IS.
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING,
NOTHING LIKE THE EARTH ANYWHERE
NEAR US IN THIS FASTNESS OF
SPACE THAT SURROUNDS US, AND YOU
VERY QUICKLY REALIZE THAT EARTH
IS OUR HOME.
IT IS OUR ONLY HOME.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT IT BECAUSE,
IF WE DAMAGE THE EARTH, IF WE
MAKE IT UNLIVABLE.
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION FOR US.
THIS IS THE ONLY HOME WE HAVE.
IT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT.
WE ALSO REALIZE THE EARTH IS A
SINGLE PLANET.
HE IS A GLOBE THAT WE ALL SHARE
WITH EACH OTHER.
YOU REALIZE THAT WHAT WE DO IN
EUROPE EFFECTS WHAT HAPPENS IN
ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA, WHAT
HAPPENS IN ASIA AFFECTS US IN
EUROPE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE.
ESPECIALLY ON LARGE SCALE ISSUES
LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND SO, USING SPACE AT THE
ADVANTAGE POINT, THE OBSERVATION
POINT, ALLOWS US TO GET THAT
GLOBAL VIEW TO UNDERSTAND THE
COMPLEXITIES OF OUR PLANET, AND
ESA'S EARTH OBSERVATION PROGRAM
IS A GREAT WAY TO ENHANCE OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH.
WE CAN ALSO USE THE ISS AS
ADVANTAGE POINT, AND I AM DOING
TWO EXPERIMENTS THAT HOPEFULLY
WILL INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
CHANGE, I AM STUDYING GIANT
LIGHTNING STRIKES THAT SHOOT
UPWARD INTERESTS THE TOP OF
THUNDER CLOUDS OUT TOWARD SPACE,
THAT ARE CALLED BLUE JET BEES
AND RED STRIPES THAT ARE
GIGANTIC LIGHTNING THAT RELEASE
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE AND ALLOWS A
TRANSPORT OF WATER VAPOR AND
OTHER GASES TO THE STRATOSPHERE
AND IT IS PHENOMENAL THAT IS NOT
WELL UNDERSTOOD AND COULD PLAY A
ROLE IN SHAPING OUR CLIMATES.
I AM ALSO TAKING PICTURES OF THE
MOON IN ORDER TO AREA IN ANDS
THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT THAT THE
EARTH REFLECTS INTO SPACE.
THAT IS A VITAL PERIMETER PAUSE
THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT
OF SUN LIGHT THIS THAT THE EARTH
ABSORBS THE AMOUNT THAT REFLECTS
BACK TO SPACE IS THE KEY
PERIMETER IN MEASURING OR
UNDERSTANDING EARTH'S CLIMATE,
AND SO SPACE REALLY IS JUST AS
MUCH ABOUT UNDERSTANDING OUR
PLANET AS IT IS UNDERSTANDING
SOLAR SYSTEMS AND THE STARS AND
THE UNIVERSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
REALLY INTERESTING VIEW AND WHAT
YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND, UM,
AND, AND, SECOND TOPIC THAT WE
ARE DISCUSSION HERE IN THE
SUMMIT, OF COURSE, IS THE WHOLE
QUESTION OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF
SPACE, OF SO-CALLED NEW SPACE,
THAT WOULD ALSO BE INTEREST TO
OUR GROUP HERE, HOW YOU SEE THE
QUESTION OF COMMERCIALIZATION AT
THE ISS, THERE ARE ALSO
EXPERIMENTS WITH THE COMMERCIAL
BACKGROUND OR HOW DO YOU SEE THE
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT REFERRING TO
COMMERCIALIZATION.
>> WELL, WE CERTAINLY SEE A
BIGGER AND BIGGER INTEREST FROM
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES IN
UTILIZING UTILIZING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND
I WILL ALSO BE PERFORMING
EXPERIMENTS INCLUDING COMMERCIAL
EXPERIMENTS LIKE PRINTING OF
SPACE, DEVELOPED BY AIRBUS.
IT IS A VERY INTERESTING
EXPERIMENT WHERE WE WILL TEST
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO PRINT IN
3D USING METAL, AND THAT
HOPEFULLY WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR
IN SPACE MANUFACTURING IN THE
FUTURE.
WHICH WILL MAKE OUR ABILITY TO
PRODUCE COMPONENTS IN SPACE IN
THE FUTURE MUCH MORE LIKELY.
OF COURSE, WE STILL NEED THE
ABILITY TO SEND MATERIAL INTO
SPACE, BUT ALSO TO RETURN
PRODUCT BACK TO THE EARTH, SO I
AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR, THAT THE
SPACE SUMMIT YOU WILL BE
DISCUSSION COMMERCIAL CARGO
RETURN SURFACE, IT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, AND
ESPECIALLY ALSO FOR ESA, I
THINK, IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU
WANT TO TAKE PART IN THIS NEW
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY, THAT IS
DEVELOPING FIRST AND FOREMOST IN
LOW EARTH ORBIT, BUT ALSO I
THINK IN LUNAR SPACE AND AROUND
THE MOON IN THOUGH NOT TOO
DISTANT FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU, ANDY.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE
COMING TO SPACE.
THIS WILL BE DEBATED LATER IN
THE MEETING, BUT BEFORE THAT.
IT IS THE SECOND TIME YOU ARE IN
SPACE.
THE LAST TIME YOU FLEW IN 2015
ON THE SOYUZ CAPSULE.
THIS TIME ON SPACEX.
WHAT HAS CHANGED IN BETWEEN?
>> WELL, A LOT HAS CHANGED.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES THAT ARE
NOW TAKING PART IN THE
EXPLORATION OF SPACE.
IN PARTICULAR, SPACEX WHO ARE
LAUNCHING, YOU KNOW, UP TO TWO
TIMES A WEEK, AND ARE EVEN
PREPARING THE WAY FOR OUR RETURN
TO THE MOON.
I SAW RIGHT NEXT TO THE OWN
LAUNCHPAD AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
I SAW SPACEX BUILDING THE NEW
GUY GAN TICK LAUNCHPAD WHICH
WILL SEE STAR SHIP HELPLESS
RETURN TOP THE MOON.
THIS IN LARGE PART THANKS TO THE
DECISION AND INVESTMENT THAT
NASA MADE 12-15 YEARS AGO TO, TO
USE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES OR TO
ENABLE COMMERCIAL, COMPANIES TO
PARTICIPATE.
WE ALSO SEE A HUGE INVESTMENT
FROM CHINA AND INDIA AND, I AM
VERY INTERESTED, OR I AM VERY
CURIOUS TO KNOW, HOW EUROPE WILL
RESPOND TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, I AM REMINDED OF THE
FACT THAT 25 YEARS AGO, ESA AND
EUROPE WERE DEBATING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE CREWED SPACE
VEHICLE, AND I CANNOT HELP BUT
THINK WHAT POSITION EUROPE WOULD
BE IN TODAY, IF WE HAD
DEVELOPED.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
TO TAKE OVER IN 2011 AFTER THE
SHUTTLE RETIRED THEN PERHAPS I
WOULD HAVE LAUNCH ON EUROPEAN
VEHICLE ON 2015 INSTEAD OF A
RUSSIAN SOYUZ SPACE RAFT, AND SO
I AM WONDERING, 25 YEARS AGO, 25
YEARS FROM NOW, WILL WE LOOK
BACK ON TODAY, AND SAY, IF ONLY
WE HAD MADE INVESTMENT?
OR DO WE HAVE THE VISION TODAY,
THE COURAGE TODAY, TO MAKE THE
NECESSARY INVESTMENTS THAT WILL
ENABLE EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION IN
SPACE, IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE
SPACE IS PLAYING A LARGER AND
LARGER AND MORE AND MORE
IMPORTANT ROLE IN ALL THE LIVES,
SPACE, PLAYS A HUGE FACTOR IN
CLIMATE POLICY, IN GEO-POLICY,
SECURITY POLICY, INDUSTRIAL
POLICY.
AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU
WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, THAT
THE SPACE SUMMIT OFFERS YOU TO
LAYOUT A VISION, AND TO MAKE THE
NECESSARY INVESTMENTS, TODAY,
THAT WILL ENSURE THE FUTURE FOR
ALL OF EUROPE'S IN THE COMING
DECADES.
>> THANK YOU, ANDY.
YOUR WORDS ARE VERY INSPIRING.
YOUR PRESENCE IN SPACE IS TRULY
UPLIFTING.
YOUR VISION OF OUR PLANET
REMINDS US OF THE LARGE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT HUMAN KIND
HAS TO PUT THAT HOME.
THANK YOU, ANDY.
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
I WISH YOU A GREAT SUMMIT.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTIES
PANTS FROM THE ESA SUMMIT, FOR
THE STATION WILL NOW RESUME