ESA Herschel Project Scientist

“Satellites are, and will probably still be, the most important tool for climate observations.”

“……..I have no clear understanding whether life exists or not.”

“The building of the International Space Station (ISS) has also been a major step in offering biologists new opportunities for space research.”

Nordicspace’s Baard Kringen talking to the European Astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

“Our national strategies and objectives must be much more visionary, concrete and visible…”

“I think you need a pioneering spirit in society, a fronter spirit.”

Around the world, there are some people who leave a distinct footprint on events linked to the space era – people who have managed to make space activities more easily understood among the general public. For Norwegians, one person’s picture and voice are synonymous with historic space events. His name is Erik Tandberg.

The past decade has seen increasing public concern about the Earth, its environment and mankind´s impact upon it. Global threats such as climate warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric pollution, reduction in Arctic sea ice extent and more recent regional events such as the very intense 1997-1998 El Nino, the fires in S.E. Asia and the floods in Middle Europe, have left the public more concerned about the need to understand, monitor; and predict the evolution and changes of the Earth´s environment.