MoHoTalks #25 – Claudie Haigneré, Space Scientist and French Policy
“I have in mind the utopias and positive anticipations that I was able to live in my youth and which gave us, to my generation, this desire to project ourselves towards the 21st century. And today, it is true that the younger generation sometimes has this difficulty in projecting themselves towards something that might be desirable, a desirable future. (Claudie Haigneré – France Culture 21/10/2021.
On 13 October 2022, we welcome the first female ESA European astronaut, Minister and Advisor to the European Space Agency, Claudie Haigneré. With it, we will address the place of future storytelling that offers new generations the ambition to dream and build a new world. We will tell about this phenomenon where astronauts feel the beauty of the earth – the overview effect – and we will question the issues associated with space conquest, exploitation of the moon and questions of sovereignty and international law. We will discuss the existence or not of new global coalitions that allow for the alignment of interests and the creation of a unity of civilization.
Because what guides the human being towards space will not be without consequences on the relationship of men and women to our own planet. It is a new common narrative that is written and it may be the key to the future.