The current Director of Earth Observation Programmes at the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher of Austria, was appointed Director General of the Agency on Thursday 17 December following a two-day meeting of the ESA Council.
This nomination had been expected since his more or less confidential internal election last month, which EUROPE reported (see EUROPE B12610A26), an election he won against the Spanish Minister for Science, Pedro Duque, and the Norwegian Christian...