{"id":175155,"date":"2021-02-10T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/turkey-unveils-space-program-including-2023-moon-mission\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T18:46:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:46:34","slug":"turkey-unveils-space-program-including-2023-moon-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/turkey-unveils-space-program-including-2023-moon-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"#Turkey unveils space program including 2023 moon mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Turkey unveils space program including 2023 moon mission<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an ambitious 10-year space program for his country Tuesday that includes missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally viable satellite systems.<\/p>\n

Erdogan announced the program, seen as part of his vision for placing Turkey in expanded regional and global role, during a live televised event laced with special effects.<\/p>\n

He said Turkey planned to establish \u201ca first contact with the moon\u201d in 2023, when the country marks the centennial of the founding of the Turkish republic. The first stage of the mission would be \u201cthrough international cooperation,\u201d while the second stage would utilize Turkish rockets, Erdogan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur primary and most important goal for our national space program is the contact of the Republic, in its 100th year, with the moon,\u201d the Turkish leader said. \u201cGod willing, we are going to the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erdogan also declared Turkey\u2019s aim to send Turkish citizens into space with international cooperation, to work with other countries on building a spaceport and to create a \u201cglobal brand\u201d in satellite technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that this roadmap, which will carry Turkey to the top league in the global space race, will come to life successfully,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Turkey established the Turkish Space Agency, or TUA, in 2018, with the aim of joining the handful of other countries with space programs.<\/p>\n

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The first stage of Turkey\u2019s mission would be \u201cthrough international cooperation,\u201d while the second stage would utilize Turkish rockets.<\/figcaption>
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Critics have questioned the government\u2019s decision to spend vast sums of money on that goal at a time when the country\u2019s economy is suffering. But supporters say a space program will provide jobs for researchers and is likely to reduce the brain drain of emigrating scientists.<\/p>\n

Erdogan did not provide details on how Turkey plans to achieve its goals. Last month, he and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke by telephone and discussed cooperation on space technologies with Turkish companies.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a metal monolith that mysteriously app<\/a>eared and disappeared on a field in southeast Turkey turned out to be a publicity gimmick before the event.<\/p>\n

The3-meter-high (about 10-feet-high) metal slab with the inscription \u201cLook at the sky, you will see the moon\u201d written in an ancient Turkic script was found Friday by a farmer in Sanliurfa province. The monolith was near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Gobekli Tepe, which is home to megalithic structures dating to the 10th century B.C., thousands of years before Stonehenge.<\/p>\n

The structure was reported gone Tuesday morning, adding to the mystery.<\/p>\n

An image of the monolith was later projected on the screen as Erdogan said: \u201cI now present to you Turkey\u2019s 10-year vision, strategy and aims and I say, \u2018Look at the sky, you will see the moon.\u2019\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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