Scientific innovation drives economies, says ESA boss
Following China's Premier Li Qiang highlighting the importance of future cooperation at the World Economic Forum, Josef Aschbacher, from the European Space Agency emphasized the breakthroughs both China and Europe have made in space exploration.
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00:00 Science and technology is driving innovation, is driving economies.
00:03 We see it very well in China, but also in Europe.
00:06 We are really driving with a lot of innovation, a lot of projects.
00:09 And a lot is happening this year, 2024.
00:12 We have a number of satellite launches with international partners of ESA missions,
00:16 of the European Space Agency.
00:18 But one of the biggest milestones this year for us at ESA is the launch of Ariane 6,
00:23 which is the next generation of heavy launcher, which will launch in summer this year.
00:27 China just launched the Einstein probe, which is a fantastic satellite to look at the X-ray of our universe.
00:34 At ESA we have collaborated with China on the instrumentation.
00:39 There are two instruments on board, where we have really provided significant support together with our German partners.
00:45 And this, by the way, congratulations to China for its launch just a couple of days ago.
00:50 So now the satellite obviously is in calibration validation.
00:53 But also we have another mission where we work together with China, which is SMILE,
00:58 which is a mission where our scientists in ESTEC, which is our center in the Netherlands,
01:04 is just testing together with Chinese engineers the spacecraft, making it ready for launch.
01:11 Probably next year this is up to China to decide.