ESA Masterclass: Paolo Ferri on the culture at mission control

Video: 00:13:10 Step inside the Main Control Room at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, and one thing becomes immediately clear: teams that operate space missions are highly hierarchical, and the Flight Director is indisputably in charge. How does this work, and why is this the case? In the last of his Masterclass series, Paolo Ferri delves into the culture of operations, from written rules and procedures to equally important unwritten principles that guide the d...