When Uli first came to the German Aerospace Center, he was the exotic Chemist guy, thinking completely differently and not having any idea about space and aircraft structures. However, he was skilled at working with natural fibers and organic polymers for various applications. Once, he even cooked a biopolymer from lice pee (no joke).
One day he saw two people building legs for space lander structures for the one – its name is »Philae« – you see in the picture [ESA Media Relations Office].