Paris fête l'Espace
ESA TV Exchanges
ESA chose the French capital to host a unique celebration of space, 'Paris fête lEspace', in the evening of 15 June on the place du Trocadéro close to the Eiffel Tower.
Today's Exchange provides the best pictures and impressions of this event, which featured the presence of 18 astronauts, a live link to the ISS and a virtual voyage through the solar system.
Starting Friday 22 June, this programme is also available in broadcast quality via ftp-transfer, from http://television.esa.int/mpeg.cfm
The script will be online early on 21 June as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS52236.pdf

Paris Celebrates Space
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10:00:30:00 TITLE Paris celebrates Space
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10:00:57:09 Paris ñ city of light, capital of fashion and opulence, admired the world over for its monuments and museums ñ plays host to over 30 million foreign tourists every year. And this month, June 2007, 17 rather special visitors ñ visitors from space! ñ have graced the cityís streets, to the great delight of Parisians and tourists alike.
10:01:22:00 Celebrating the dual anniversary of fifty years of space conquest and twenty-five years since the first flight by a European astronaut ñ Jean-Loup Chrétien ñ the ""Paris Celebrates Space"" event was organised by the European Space Agency, ESA, in collaboration with the French Space Agency, CNES, and the Town Hall of Paris.
10:01:42:20 But why did these European astronauts agree to meet the public?
10:01:46:07 ITW Franco Malerba in English: I think it's very good to communicate with the large public, share with them the