Turkish Science Council Sets Up Space Research Programme
Posted on: Friday, 11 March 2005, 18:00 CST
Text of report by Turkish commercial NTV television on 11 March
[Presenter] In its yesterday's meeting, the High Council for Science and Technology determined the national space research targets for 2005-14. Projects aimed at training astronauts in Turkey will be put into effect from 2008.
[Reporter] Space research in Turkey formed an important agenda item of yesterday's meeting of the High Council for Science and Technology. The national space research programme for 2005-14 was submitted to the meeting. The research budget for the next 10 years was fixed at YTL [New Turkish Lira] 1.13bn.
The meeting also reached the conclusion that it is enormously important for the national security for Turkey to attain a structure that would control its own space systems.
Under the programme, a national satellite will be sent into space in 2014 to study either a planet or space phenomena. In 2008, astronaut training programmes will be put into effect.
Source: BBC Monitoring European
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