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NASA, South Korea To Cooperate On Space Programs

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Monday, November 3rd, 2008

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NASA and South Korea have forged a deal to cooperate on civil space and aeronautics activities. The agreement doesn't detail specific space programs they will conduct jointly, but rather is an agreement to negotiate those arrangements. Michael F. O'Brien, NASA assistant administrator for external relations, and Munki Lee, the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology director-general for big science, inked the deal. The two agencies agree to conduct discussions to identify new cooperative activities related to space exploration,…

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