Meeting with the NASA\u2019s Administrator, Charles Bolden Jr., at the Argentine Embassy in Washington on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the Sac-D\/Aquarius satellite launching.<\/p>\n
On June 1, the Argentine Embassy in Washington organized a special event attended by the NASA\u2019s Administrator, Charles Bolden Jr, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Sac-D\/Aquarius satellite launching from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, which took place on June 10, 2011. It has been a historic milestone for the bilateral cooperation between NASA and Argentina, as well as for the Argentine Space Program. For that reason, the day was declared as the \u201cNational Day of the Space Scientific and Technological Development\u201d by the Argentine Congress.<\/p>\n
The meeting brought together at the Argentine Embassy the NASA\u2019s Administrator, Charles Bolden Jr., accompanied by his team members, with ambassadors, civil servants, NGOs, scholars and experts in the field. Eighty people attended the projection of two videos on the SAC-D\/Aquarius launching and the recent launching of the ARSAT-1.<\/p>\n
During the event, the Ambassador Cecilia Nah\u00f3n highlighted \u201cthe significant progress made by the Argentine Space Program, a product of a national government policy of investment in science, technology and production growth aimed at getting concrete results that may improve people\u2019s quality of life.\u201d She pointed out that \u201cbetween 2003 and 2013, the Argentine government invested over 3,400 million dollars in space projects.\u201d The Ambassador also mentioned \u201cthe launching of the ARSAT-1, the first satellite of the Argentine Geostationary Telecommunications Satellite System, sent into orbit in October 2014, which is now providing a wide variety of telecommunication services for the whole Argentine territory and for bordering countries.\u201d She emphasized that \u201cwe, Argentinians, take great pride in the outstanding performance of our country in this field, which has made Argentina one of the eight countries in the world that owns this technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
During his speech, Bolden expressed that \u201cthis mission represents a true international cooperation. It has been a historical cooperative success, through which Argentina and the NASA have contributed to a better understanding of climatic change and its impact on the earth and society.\u201d He also highlighted that there were other areas of cooperation \u201cin a shared effort to involve young generations in the study of sciences,\u201d such as the \u201cGlobal Learning Observation\u201d program in which 163 educational institutions of our country participate.<\/p>\n
As an astronaut, Bolden went into the outer space four times between 1986 and 1994. He was offered his current position by the US President in 2009 and visited Argentina on two occasions, finding \u201can incredible partner for cooperation, and great enthusiasm on the part of the President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner at the moment of the SAC-D\/Aquarius launching.\u201d He added that \u201cour two countries share common interests in the space, and I celebrate with you our success… Our joint work, from the earth sciences to the outer space missions, including to the experiences on education, can improve people\u2019s life.\u201d He concluded that the SAC-D\/Aquarius launching and operations were \u201can incredible mission, the jewel of the crown, a long period of close cooperation, with more than fifty agreements signed by both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
This new meeting with Bolden is part of a continuous and fruitful policy of bilateral cooperation also reflected in his visit to our country in February 2015, in which he signed agreements between NASA and the Argentine National Space Activities Commission (CONAE, in Spanish), visited INVAP (Argentine state-owned applied research company) in San Carlos de Bariloche, participated in meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, H\u00e9ctor Timerman, and with the Minister of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services, Julio De Vido, and delivered lectures in the cities of Buenos Aires and La Plata. During his visit in 2011, he also met with the President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner.<\/p>\n
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