At the beginning of the week, Thomas Dermine will be going to Paris as Secretary of State also in charge of Science Policy. It will participate in European negotiations in the space field, to find out which program to support, etc. The question of the selection of the next astronauts will also be addressed. If, of course, the skills of the thousands of candidates are essential, there is no need to hide the face, their nationality will also depend on discussions at this level of power and Thomas Dermine does not despair of seeing a “black-yellow-red” candidate emerge , far from there.