UkrInform: Australia sees Ukraine as potential partner in space cooperation

Published March 13, 2018 at 10:03 am

Israeli analog astronauts start their mission on the D-MARS Project on February 18, 2018, in cooperation with the Israel Space Agency, which simulates life on Mars by performing several scientific experiments and staying in the D-MARS (Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station) which is built in an isolated desert area south of Mitzpe Ramon, in the Israeli Negev desert, chosen for its similarities to Mars in terms of geology, aridity, and isolation. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA

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The Australian State of Western Australia, claiming to become the main space state of Australia, sees Ukraine as its potential partner, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Now it’s only a matter of launching cooperation, although it’s obvious that there is public demand for such a joint project,” Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia Mykola Kulinich said, while commenting on reports in some Australian media about the possibility of the construction of a spaceport by the State Space Agency of Ukraine in the state of Western Australia.