South Korea will land a spacecraft on the moon in the next decade and Mars by 2045, President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday, as part of the country’s new “Future Space Economy Roadmap” that also aims to strengthen space security amid North Korea’s long-range missile tests.
The roadmap also includes the establishment of a new aerospace administration agency similar to NASA and includes six primary policy initiatives.
South Korea will land a spacecraft on the moon in the next decade and Mars by 2045, President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday, as part of the country’s new “Future Space Economy Roadmap” that also aims to strengthen space security amid North Korea’s long-range missile tests.
The roadmap also includes the establishment of a new aerospace administration agency similar to NASA and includes six primary policy initiatives.
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