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Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicChris Huber, manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, during the spaceflight familiarisation training at ESA's Erasmus User Center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. This training opportunity was offered by ESA as a prize for an internal innovation competition of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which the three consultants had won. At the end of the second day the trainees took part in a mission control simulation in which they took active roles in executing mission controller functions.