This is worth a good giggle, as intended, but is just part of the normal space agency PR of doing relatable things like talking about using the toilet and video chatting with elementary students.

Because it’s hard to talk about the actual science being done and this is the only thing the public will pay attention to.

Poland has one of the bedrock economies of Europe and is the source of many excellent engineers and scientists.

The simple truth is that Europe lags because its common market is still quite fragmented so winner take all tech companies can scale much faster in the gigantic consumer markets of the US and China.

> The Polish astronaut, who will be conducting over a dozen technological and scientific experiments during the Ignis mission