Di Pippo (formerly UNOOSA) at the Vienna Representation, congratulations on the honor of commander
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Great evening with the 3 Italian Ambassadors in Vienna to reward Simonetta Di Pippo, former Director of #UNOOSA, with the honor of “Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic” #OMRI 🇮🇹. Congratulations Commendatore Di Pippo!
VIENNA, OCTOBER 7 – With this tweet the Permanent Representation of Italy at international organizations in Vienna he wanted to pay homage Simonetta di Pippoformer director of ONEOSA – the UN office for the affairs of Outer space – for the honor of Commendatore della Repubblica conferred on it. The ambassador Alessandro Cortese he did the honors by congratulating Di Pippo who came from Wired Next Fest in Milan where he talked about “economy space’‘and of “the aerospace sector which is constantly developing and affects everyone”. Di Pippo, professor of Space economy practice and director of the Space economy evolution lab of the Bocconi Graduated in astrophysics and space physics at Sapienza University, Di Pippo was director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs for 8 years.
His was released at the end of September new essay “Space Economy – The new frontier of development” in which he explains how the growth of the space economy sector can benefit many other sectors that affect the life of our planet. In 2008, asteroid 21887 was dedicated to her.