is serving as a Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) from 2006 to 2007. References https://web.archive.org/web/20110712235204/http://www.iafastro.com/index.html?title=Gerard_Brachet http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/IMG/pdf_Gerard_BRACHET-2.pdf http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/IMG/pdf_Gerard_BRACHET.pdf Interview 1944 births Living people French aerospace engineers 20th-century French engineers