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Nature 446, 478-479 (29 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446478b; Published online 28 March 2007

Q&A: A vision for Italy's role in space

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Giovanni Bignami, incoming president of the Italian Space Agency, looks to the future.

Giovanni Bignami, former scientific director of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and former chair of the European Space Agency's (ESA's) space science advisory committee, was last week nominated as the ASI's next president. Nature asks him about his plans at the ASI, Europe's prospects in space and the art of Galileo Galilei.