Schmidt Rudolf - Gaia
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Gaia was proposed in 1993 and since then, many people have been involved in the Gaia mission, whether at ESA, at industry side or at one of the institutes involved in the Gaia data processing. The Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) is a collaboration which consists of around 450 scientists and engineers.
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Rudolph Schmidt European Space Agency |
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As Gaia Project Manager, Rudolf ("Rudi") Schmidt leads the project team responsible for the technical development and implementation of the Gaia satellite and payload. Rudi joined ESA as a staff scientist in Plasma Physics in 1982, becoming study scientist and later project scientist for the Cluster mission. In 1997 he was appointed project manager for ESA's Mars Express mission, a position he held until his appointment to the Gaia project in July 2004. Read the ESA interview with Rudi. [Published: 27/06/2005] |
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