New Zealand strengthens cooperation with NASA to promote the space industry

According to New Zealand Minister of Science, Innovation, Technology and Space Judith Collins, cooperation with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will help New Zealand experts have access to new technologies. America's modern technology and expertise to develop New Zealand's space research projects. This is also an opportunity for New Zealand and the US to strengthen their partnership in space research.

Accordingly, twelve groups of New Zealand's leading space research experts will conduct joint research activities with NASA experts for six months. Research content includes: environmental monitoring, establishing water and climate charts, building dynamic forest maps, natural hazards and biodiversity. These are research areas that New Zealand is prioritizing to improve food production, monitor sustainable agriculture, predict floods and droughts and measure environmental impacts. to life and production. New Zealand is also implementing projects to monitor emissions and monitor grasslands by satellite.

Minister Judith Collins emphasized that New Zealand determines that space science has a huge role to play in rebuilding the economy, reducing the cost of living for all New Zealanders, and fighting the impacts. of climate change. Therefore, promoting space cooperation with NASA, the world's leading space research partner, is a priority in New Zealand's National Space Strategy. Research groups participating in this program will receive financial support from the New Zealand Government's Catalyst Fund.