David Southwood
David Southwood
Professor David John Southwoodis a British space scientist and former President of the Royal Astronomical Society. Until 2011 he was Director of Science and Robotic Exploration at the European Space Agency. He also holds the post of Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London. His research interests have been in solar–terrestrial physics and planetary science, including building the magnetic field instrument for the Cassini Saturn orbiter...
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With the arrival of Venus Express, ESA is the only space agency to have science operations under way around four planets: Venus, the moon, Mars and Saturn. We are really proud to deliver such a capability to the international science community.
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We want to learn about the mistakes of Venus for the sake of the Earth.