I dedicated my entire professional career to satellite photograpphy and space based sensors. I am still burning for this subject and would like to share my enthusiasm and know-how with others. A combination of my experience with the abilities of the next generation of engineers and users of that complex technology offers great perspectives and seems to me very promising. My career began at MBB (Ottobrunn) and continued at Airbus Defence and Space (Ottobrunn) until my retirement in December 2023. Since I retired, I have held some talks at Universities, a SPIE conference and training sessions at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. I am interested in the development of sophisticated optical instruments for specific applications and in finding solutions to challenging problems. My deep...