NASA, Saudi Arabia partner on research
(UPI) December 15, 2009
The U.S. space agency and Saudi Arabia say they've signed a joint agreement calling for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research. The agreement between NASA and Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology recognizes the Saudi Lunar and Near-Earth Object Science Center as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. "This collaboration is within the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding on Science and Technology signed between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America last year and later ratified by the Council of Ministers."
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Discussons on Regional Space Agency in the Middle East
This article in the UAE's 'The Nation' newspaper talks about a conference currently underway in the Middle East in which countries are talking about the possibility of creating a regional agency. Though some countries, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, have space programs, smaller nations may not have the resources to carry out a robust program on their own. It will be interesting to see how these discussions develop.
Space experts call for regional agency
(The Nation) December 7, 2009, Kareem Shaheen
ABU DHABI // Space experts are calling for the creation of a regional agency to bring the Middle East’s various programmes together, and help train the next generation of rocket scientists.
“Like there’s the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, we want the Muslim Institute of Technology,” said Ahmad al Dousari, the director of space and remote sensing at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
“As individual countries, we cannot compete with India for instance. India is a huge country with a big budget and a big space programme. We don’t even have the manpower to put the programme on its feet.”
Dr al Dousari is one of several high-profile officials and scientists who are in the capital for the second Global Space Technology Forum, which starts today.
The three-day conference is an “opportunity for us as the UAE to get to know what’s happening now in the field of space”, said one official from the UAE Space Reconnaissance Centre, which is part of the Armed Forces.
Space experts call for regional agency
(The Nation) December 7, 2009, Kareem Shaheen
ABU DHABI // Space experts are calling for the creation of a regional agency to bring the Middle East’s various programmes together, and help train the next generation of rocket scientists.
“Like there’s the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, we want the Muslim Institute of Technology,” said Ahmad al Dousari, the director of space and remote sensing at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
“As individual countries, we cannot compete with India for instance. India is a huge country with a big budget and a big space programme. We don’t even have the manpower to put the programme on its feet.”
Dr al Dousari is one of several high-profile officials and scientists who are in the capital for the second Global Space Technology Forum, which starts today.
The three-day conference is an “opportunity for us as the UAE to get to know what’s happening now in the field of space”, said one official from the UAE Space Reconnaissance Centre, which is part of the Armed Forces.
Space and International Development
This blog is being created to track developments and trends in the way space activities are being used for international development. It will include information about countries that are developing new space programs as well as space applications aimed at the developing world.
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