South Korea’s new space agency outlines plans – That work will be focused on space transportation, satellite, space exploration and aviation. KASA has long-term goals, he added, of sending a robotic lander to the moon in 2032 and another to Mars in 2045.

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>The agency, he said, “serves as the control tower for national space affairs and international cooperation,” with the goal of creating an aerospace economy in South Korea. That work will be focused on space transportation, satellite, space exploration and aviation. KASA has long-term goals, he added, of sending a robotic lander to the moon in 2032 and another to Mars in 2045.

>In a separate address at the conference July 17, John Lee, KASA’s deputy administrator who previously worked for three decades at NASA, said those goals will come with additional funding. The country’s investment in space is currently about one trillion won ($720 million) but is projected to increase 50% by 2027.

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