Background
Esterle, Alain Pierre was born on May 14, 1947 in Le Mans, France. Son of Fernand Robert Esterle and Marie Ambroisine Puyou.
Esterle, Alain Pierre was born on May 14, 1947 in Le Mans, France. Son of Fernand Robert Esterle and Marie Ambroisine Puyou.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1976.
Space engineer National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse, France, 1973—1983. Delegate assistant for Strategic Affairs Ministry of Defense, Paris, 1995—1997, head Defense and strategy unit, 1997—1999. Deputy central director of information security National Secretariate for Natinal Defense, since 2000.
Deputy head of science program division National Center for Space Studies, 1984—1985, deputy director of space programmes, 1985—1986, head of microgravity research division, deputy head of science programmes division France (including Monaco), 1984—1985, deputy director of space programmes France (including Monaco), 1985—1986, head of microgravity research division France (including Monaco), 1986—1989, head of orbital infrastructure division, 1989—1993, deputy director for international affairs, 1993—1995. Teaching International Space University, Toronto, Toulouse, Barcelone, Strasbourg, 1990—1996. Task force consultant European Space Agency, Paris, 1993—1993.
Teaching Ecole nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Toulouse, 1983—1984. Teaching and consulting Technology University, Delft, Netherlands, 1997—1999. Editor The New Diderot Encyclopedia, Paris, 1993—1994.
Directorship The European Solar Sail Association, Paris, 1991—1996.
Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (paris 1961), Association Auronautique et Astronautique de France.
Married Laurence Thúrise Desayhes, June 28, 1998. Married Genevieve Solange Soulet, December 1972 (divorced June 1995). Children: Nicolas, Laurent Baptiste Schaffar, Frúdúric Schaffar, Rúmi.