Encouraging the Efforts of Nuriho Development Researchers... Sending Coffee Trucks
US Announces Expansion of Participation in the 'Artemis Program'
[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] President Yoon Suk-yeol congratulated the success of the second Nuriho launch and promised bold investment in the space industry.
On the 6th, President Yoon held a meeting at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in Daejeon in the afternoon, encouraging the KARI researchers who developed Nuriho, industry officials, and graduate students who made Cube satellites. President Yoon called them "the heroes of Nuriho" and said, "It is no exaggeration to say that our future depends on space, a core area of national competitiveness." He wrote in the research building guestbook that "Nuriho has opened the era of the space economy."
He also pledged bold investment in the space industry. President Yoon said, "We will boldly challenge space resource mining, exploration, space traffic control, and support children and youth to realize their dreams through space," promising to establish the Aerospace Agency for systematic support. This means active investment not only in satellite and launch vehicle development but also in the development of exploration robots, space traffic control, and space experiment equipment?overall technologies needed in outer space.
President Yoon emphasized developing a lunar lander by 2031 and expanding participation in the Artemis Program, an international manned lunar exploration project led by the United States. It is expected to strengthen missions beyond simple sample collection, including resource mining, space exploration, and resource development. He also said he would listen to researchers and field voices and closely cooperate with domestic and international companies.
Meanwhile, before the meeting, President Yoon visited the satellite testing building at KARI and examined the Multipurpose Practical Satellites 6 and 7, developed for precise Earth observation. He also visited the Satellite Integrated Control Center, which operates national satellites. To encourage the KARI researchers, he sent a coffee and cookie food truck to acknowledge their hard work.
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