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Cooperation between Ukraine and ESA could open the way for hundreds of Ukrainian specialists of the space rocket industry, give Ukraine access to exchange of experience with Western colleagues. ESA can directly contribute to the inflow of additional investments in Ukrainian space startups.
For astronomists, the beginning of the 1970s was a time of tremendous anticipation: NASA had begun to develop a large space observatory Hubble. In fact, the telescope has been the godfather of all modern cosmology. However, scientists still had a lot of sweating to start a new chapter.
The tradition of wealthy people offering financial support to scientists and artists has its roots in ancient times. It is thanks to interest by wealthy patrons that the works of Virgil and Horace, the surrealism of Picasso and Kandinsky were created and have survived to this day.
As of the end of March, Ukraine’s economic losses in the war with Russia exceeded $600 billion, and these will only continue to grow. In these circumstances, programs for Ukraine’s financial development and reconstruction will play a key role, in particular, on the model of the Marshall Plan.
In the second half of the century, the start of the space age gave rise to ideas about creating a global satellite navigation system. But this was only an intermediate stage in the evolution of navigation systems.
The economic sanctions imposed on Russia as a result of the war it unleashed in Ukraine have begun gradually squeezing it out of world markets. Much to China’s delight. Under the pretext of stabilizing the Russian economy, China is quite capable of absorbing it.
The US is going to cut exports of space equipment and tools to Russia by half. Ironically, it is time for Roscosmos to seriously consider the possible prospects of space launches using balloons and trampolines alone.
TAPS-Ukraine Charitable Foundation received $1 000 000 support from Max Polyakov, a Ukrainian philanthropist and entrepreneur. The man also called all Ukrainian IT companies and influential entrepreneurs to follow his example and financially support the fund.
The Ukrainian government completely reoriented its economy towards wartime needs, seeking to maintain its stability. This piece focuses on the close cooperation of various economic spheres of the state, which during the war has directly shaped the existence of the state as such.