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President Moon Jae-in said on the 25th: “I will launch a lunar orbiter next year and achieve the dream of landing on the moon using our projectiles by 2030.”
President Moon Jae-in attended the ‘Comprehensive Observation of Lake Nuri Burning Test and Korea’s Space Strategy Report’ held at the Naroju Center in Goheung, Jeollanam-do on the 25th. President Moon speaks in the Korea Space Strategy Report. Blue House Photo Reporter = Reporter Hoe-Sung Yang, Dong-A Ilbo
President Moon visited the Naroju Center in Goheung, Jeollanam-do on the same day to observe the comprehensive combustion test of the ‘Nuriho’, an independently developed Korean launch vehicle, and announced this plan, saying, “The space age of Korea is coming. ”
President Moon also said: “We will establish an exploration plan examining the feasibility of the asteroid Apophis approaching Earth in 2029.”
The Nuri is a launch vehicle that can bring a 1.5 ton utility satellite into a low Earth orbit at 600-800 km in the air. On this day, the final combustion test of the first stage of four 75-ton liquid thrust engines was carried out successfully, and the development of the Nuri, which started in 2010. Before the first stage, the development was practically completed. second stage was tested in July 2018 and the third stage in March 2020.
The size of the asteroid Apophis mentioned by President Moon Jae-in. Graphic = Reporter Kim Young-ok [email protected]
President Moon said that when the combustion test, which consumed all the fuel for 127 seconds, was successful, “all the people must have been proud to see the complete combustion test successful.” “Now, only this release remains. I hope the October launch is a success, “he said.” Please work together so that the space is not the exclusive property of other countries, but the Republic of Korea has a proud stake. ”
President Moon said: “The government will promote the chairman of the National Space Commission to Prime Minister” and emphasized: “We will more closely unite the capacities of the public and private sectors and make a sure leap to become the ‘seventh largest power space in the world ‘”. The Blue House explained that in addition to Korea as the seven greatest space powers mentioned by President Moon, the United States, Russia, Europe, China, Japan and India are included.
President Moon Jae-in attended the ‘Comprehensive Observation of Lake Nuri Burning Test and Korea’s Space Strategy Report’ held at the Naroju Center in Goheung, Jeollanam-do on the 25th. President Moon visits the launch vehicle assembly building and listen to an explanation from Jung Woo-yeon, head of the Korea launch vehicle development project headquarters. Photographic reporters of the Blue House
President Moon continued: “Last year, the revision of the missile guidelines between the United States and Korea made the use of solid fuels possible,” he said. He said: “We will create an innovative industrial ecosystem so that global space companies like SpaceX can be created in Korea.”
Unfortunately, on the morning of the same day, North Korea launched two projectiles believed to be ballistic missiles in the East Sea. However, President Moon did not comment on this.
Reporter Kang Tae-hwa [email protected]
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