According to Mustafa
Varank, Minister of Technology and Industry, it corresponds with the National
Space Program, which seeks to accomplish various milestones by the 100th
Anniversary of the Turkish Republic. The ultimate goal at that time is to
complete the Turkish Astronaut and Science Mission. In line with this, Turkey
intends to conduct the first phase of the Moon Mission, including a hard
landing on the Moon.
Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım, President of the Agency, explains the work carried out on paper. “Within the scope of the tasks we do, such as regulation, certification, and capacity acquisition, we strive to expand the space ecosystem through collaboration development, training, and social responsibility activities." “We have created our 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, which contains objectives and priorities, performance standards, the tactics we will use to accomplish them, and resource allocations,” he says, expanding. He claims that the Agency has a budget and revenue. He also emphasises that the Strategic Plan will be updated in tandem with the budget.
The key challenge,
according to the strategy paper, is the implementation of the National Space
Program. Furthermore, it will pave the way for increased interest in aerospace
technology; commercial, scientific, and research-development purpose space
activities and human or unmanned space access and space exploration operations
or their coordination will take centre stage.
According to the
document, no action has been taken to determine the processes and principles
for exporting vital space and aviation technology owned by the government in
collaboration with the appropriate authorities and organisations. Sectoral
plans for private-sector development are insufficient to carry out the National
Space Program.
