"In 2023, landing on the moon": Erdogan announced Turkey's plans for space exploration
Turkey joins the global space race. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced ambitious plans for space exploration.
The Turkish leader, speaking at the ceremony of proclaiming the ten-year Turkish National Space Program (Milli Uzay Programi) and the opening of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), outlined the goals that need to be achieved in the near future. These goals should propel Turkey "to the top league in the global space race."
According to Erdogan, Turkey intends to land on the moon in 2023. The Turkish lunar program will be implemented in two stages, at the first it is planned to send an automatic device using a nationally developed launch vehicle to collect the necessary information for subsequent missions.
- declared the Turkish president.
The second stage will be implemented in 2028. A completely Turkish-designed launch vehicle is to launch a probe to the moon, which will make a soft landing on the surface of the Earth's satellite.
- he added.
Another goal Erdogan called the creation of a global brand that can compete with world leaders in the production of satellites.
As part of the implementation of the space program, Turkey plans to build a cosmodrome, but since the country's geographic location is not suitable for placing a launch site for rockets, Ankara will negotiate with "friendly countries".
- summed up the Turkish leader.
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