This is the designated person to have first contact with aliens! If the time ever comes.
In the case of discovering aliens, we already have a representative who will handle all communication with them.
Simonetta Di Pippo, is the current director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and is the designated person to act as an ambassador to extraterrestrials.
Simonetta Di Pippo is an Italian astrophysicist and the current Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Prior to joining UNOOSA, she served as Director of Human Spaceflight at ESA, and Director of the Observation of the Universe at the Italian Space Agency.
She is an Academician of IAA and a member of its Board of Trustees. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on space technology since 2016. She co-founded Women in Aerospace Europe in 2009. In 2017, she became a UN International Gender Champion.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Astrophysics and Space Physics from University “La Sapienza”, and an Honoris Causa Degree in Environmental Studies, and an Honoris Causa Degree of Doctor in International Affairs.
In 2008, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named asteroid 21887 “dipippo” in honour of her contribution to space activities and in 2006, she was knighted by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
