Saturday, August 14, 2010

Israel: ON Ground Updates - August 14, 2010

Israel: ON Ground Updates
Prime Minister Netanyahu set to make Israel a Space Superpower
Saturday, August 14, 2010
. Image credit: Israel Aerospace Industries
...
* The Jerusalem Post had the following good read posted up on their website Friday and it starts off like this... Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to approve an ambitious plan to turn Israel into a satellite superpower. According to details obtained by The Jerusalem Post, the aim is to increase sales of Israeli space platforms to nearly $8 billion a year... The multi-year plan calls for the government to annually increase support for space research and development by several hundred million shekels. This investment would focus on new platforms - primarily Israel’s niche market in “mini satellites” - intended to yield billions in sales...
Read the rest at link below...
Israel aims to be space superpower
.
........................
AubreyJ.........

No comments: