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South Korea aims for space in 2017
In south Korea the governments said on Monday that they will push the exploration of planets as early as 2017. This it because South Korea wants to join the exclusive space club. The government in south Korea have decided to spend huge amounts of money “won” around $3.8 trillion meaning for around $4 billion. That amount of money will then be used over the next 10 years to improve technologies in building satellites and rockets, said Jeong Hae-yang, an official of the Science and Technology Ministry.
The exploration is almost like “an investment for the future,” said Jeong. Also by doing so the Exploration would help resource-poor south Korea pool more resources and information about space. According to the ministry of South Korea, the ambitious project will be made public at a hearing Monday will be finalized in June. “South Korea also aims to join international space exploration programs, including the international space station, to help master core technologies in building satellites and rockets”, said Jeong. I think that it is great that South Korea is doing more explorations in space but if they want to compete they are already to far behind.
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