Lhe wishes from the head of the National Center for Space Studies (Cnes) to the press, this Tuesday, January 21 at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris, began with a delicious slip of the tongue. “With the election of Elon Musk, uh, Donald Trump…”, says Lionel Suchet, new president of the space agency since the departure of Philippe Baptiste, appointed in December at the head of the Ministry of Higher Education and of Research.
Indeed, Elon Musk is on everyone's minds: he seems to become the all-powerful man in the White House on space issues, more than Donald Trump.
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