Pedro Duque, the only Spanish ‘spatial’ signed for ‘El Hormiguero’ – Ideal Digital

The only Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque, will be part of the team as reported by the producer 7 and Action. Its function will be special assistant to the program of Antena 3. The Ant with Pedro Duque committed to influencing and encouraging young viewers with science, computers and a list of studies that have been diminished at the time of being elected for prospective students.

On December 9 will be on Antena 3. It seemed that Pedro Duque was kept away from the media spotlight for quite some time but eventually returned to the forefront of today, and it has one the most distinguished and successful of the current national television grill scenarios, such as El Hormiguero, commanded by Pablo Motos.

The first Spanish astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), Pedro Duque, will be special contributor to ‘El Hormiguero’ from December 9. We will find together who will implement the program presented by Pablo Motos and ESA, the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the air time itself.

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With that what is intended is to show the public more about science and technology. So the playfulness and entertainment program, with the experience of the UPM reference in our country in the training of engineers and architects, and the interest of the ESA in attracting young talents will merge, explained in a note 7yAcción release.

The initiative is in the Building Technology Program Vocations UPM performed with the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAI), seeing that there are fewer young people choosing these studies .

According to the Ministry of Education, have been reduced by 23% in the last decade. These figures are compounded in the case of women, who represent only 30% in engineering studies.

But the problem is global. Other countries such as Holland, France or Germany, missing each year about 10,000 new engineers. In the US also accuses this deficiency, to the extent that UNESCO has warned that the shortage of these professionals is a threat to the social and economic development.

This is all collection actions focused to stimulate scientific, IT and technological interest among young people, are of particular interest at the moment, which marks the 50th anniversary of the European Cooperation in Space.