UCD launches new centre for space research
Researchers working on EIRSAT-1. Image: UCD
The C-Space research centre at UCD will tap into technological and economic opportunities in the growing European space industry.
University College Dublin (UCD) has launched Ireland’s first dedicated hub for space-related research, innovation and education.
C-Space, the UCD Centre for Space Research, aims to boost Ireland’s space industry with interdisciplinary collaborative research, and provide skills and training for jobs of the future.
The centre will focus on astrophysics, Earth observation, gamma-ray detectors, nanosatellites and payloads, space materials and more.
‘Our purpose is to build academic and industrial partnerships that advance the use of space to address global scientific and societal challenges’
It has five major headings with several bullet points each. The following excerpts provide a snapshot.
“AMERICA FIRST AMONG THE STARS: President Trump’s National Space Strategy works within his broader national security policy by putting America’s interests firsts.” It “emphasizes dynamic and cooperative interplay between the national security, commercial, and civil space sectors,” and “ensures that international agreements put the interests of American people, workers, and businesses first.” It also “prioritizes regulatory reforms that will unshackle American industry….”
“SPACE PREEMINENCE THROUGH THE AMERICAN SPIRIT: President Trump’s National Space Strategy harnesses the American spirit and continues the American tradition of pioneering and exploration.” It lays “the groundwork for the next generation of American exploration in space” and “establishes forthrightly that securing the scientific, commercial and national security benefits of
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THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL
SECURITY AFFAIRS
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SUBJECT: The National Space Policy
Section 1. References. This directive supersedes Presidential Policy Directive – 4 (June 29, 2010) and references, promotes, and reemphasizes the following policy directives and memoranda:
a) Presidential Policy Directive 26 – National Space Transportation Policy (November 21, 2013)
b) Executive Order 13803 – Reviving the National Space Council (June 30, 2017)
c) Space Policy Directive 1 – Reinvigorating America’s Human Space Exploration Program (December 11, 2017)
d) The National Space Strategy (March 23, 2018)
e) Space Policy Directive 2 – Streamlining Regulations on Commercial Use of Space (May 24, 2018)
f) Space Policy Directive 3 – National Space Traffic Management Policy (June 18, 2018)
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