UAE and Algeria sign space accord
The space agencies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Algeria have signed an agreement to enhance their collaboration in space.
The MoU defines a framework for collaboration in the peaceful use of space, in line with the UAE Space Agency’s strategic plans to enhance collaboration with international stakeholders in the sector. The MoU covers various aspects of the peaceful use of outer space, as well as collaboration in the fields of policy-making, regulations, space science, technology, and human capital development in the space sector.
I didn’t even know Algeria had a space agency.
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The space agencies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Algeria have signed an agreement to enhance their collaboration in space.
I didn’t even know Algeria had a space agency.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
UAE has lotsa money, and Algeria has lotsa land to test rockets in. In fact, before the Kourou facility opened there was a French test center in Algeria from 1947-67, named Hammaguir. The UAE might want to reopen that, rather than flinging rockets around in the Persian Gulf.
Tom Billings: Bingo! I had forgotten about the French launch site in Algeria. This is exactly why this agreement was signed.
Hmm. I’m thinking of promulgating a space accord regarding human exploration of Pluto. And if you sign in the next ten minutes, I’ll throw in Charon. Just pay separate handling and processing.