Klaus Damian R.I.P.
Last month my father Klaus Damian died much too young and rather unexpected. He was a hero to me, like every father should be. But he made it especially easy. When he retired he was the Head of the Astronauts Training Division at the EAC (European Astronaut Centre) of the ESA (European Space Agency). As far as I can remember he always worked with satellites and spacecrafts. He travelled the world to go diving with astronauts in the Caribbean, do zero gravity flights, to see rockets or spaceships take off from all continents. I always remember the map of the world he had on his wall, which had a pin for every trip and they were everywhere. ...