Seven candidates have reportedly stepped forward to succeed Germany’s Jan Wörner, whose term as head of the European Space Agency (ESA) ends in mid-2021, according to a new brief published by the Space Intel Report website on Monday, 7 September.
In addition to the two officially declared candidates, the current Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, and the Belgian Eric Morel de Westgaver (special adviser to Mr Wörner) are reported to have put their names forward: -...