and to talk more about astra alex and his book i have meet me the suited derek williams from a science desk welcome derek now this was astro alex the man known as esther alex a second mission into space why did e.s.a. the european space agency choose him to command the mission i think for a variety of different reasons first of all he proved very competent and the first mission and second of all he's a very charismatic person and he's fantastic at public relations he was really really good on the first mission so putting him in basically in the commander's

and to talk more about astra alex and his book i have meet me the suited derek williams from a science desk welcome derek now this was astro alex the man known as esther alex a second mission into space why did e.s.a. the european space agency choose him to command the mission i think for a variety of different reasons first of all he proved very competent and the first mission and second of all he's a very charismatic person and he's fantastic at public relations he was really really good on the first mission so putting him in basically in the commander's chair for the second half for the last three months of this latest six month mission was was i think both a political choice but also one that made a lot of sense let's take a look first at the last six months of the space mission that ended up with him coming back down three days ago. and that from space after spending months in zero gravity alexander gassed had to be helped out of the tiny so used capsule that ferry to him and his crew back to earth through to fifty years on the fifth feels like coming home although i am in kazakhs

he was really looking at live pictures off of the man known as astra alex has begun talking in cologne but for law on his mission i'm it's my great pleasure to welcome derek williams from our science desk welcome derek now this was astro alex or get a gets second. mission to the i s s why did the e.s.a. the european space agency choose him to become commander in chief during his mission well i think that for a number of different reasons not least because alexander guest is and is a very charismatic and and media savvy person and yes he spent a lot of time in a lot of energy also trying to bring this time that he spent on the i asked as close to the people down on earth in particular to children so he's been he's been a real boon for for a number of years now simply in terms of of press relations so i think that that's one of the big one of the big reasons but of course he's also an extremely accomplished scientist and he's a he's a very good he appears to have done a very good job of leading in the i assess during at times a fairly what at times became a fairly critical mission here's