Greece’ Space Agency is here. The Hellenic Space Organization as the official name is was presented earlier on Monday by Minister for Digital Policy Nikos Pappas and Geneneral Secretary for Telecommunications and Post Vassilis Maglaras.
The two presented the newly established Agency’s Board of Directors and the logo of the HSO which they translate in English as …Agency therefore as HSA.
Ο ΕΛΔΟ είναι εδώ! pic.twitter.com/Jj011vTRw8
— Νίκος Παππάς (@nikospappas16) March 19, 2018
“The establishment and operation of the Hellenic Space Organisation will be one of the most dynamic features of our course towards the modern digital economy of the future,” secretary general of Telecommunications and Post Vassilis Maglaras said on Monday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
“Greece is already actively involved in the European Space Agency and must be able to exploit the opportunities arising from its participation in these European organisations for the benefit of its businesses, research and all economic sectors,” he said, ahead of the presentation of the Hellenic Space Organisation by Digital Policy and Media Minister Nikos Pappas at 13.00.
The benefits of having a national space agency are many, Maglaras said, and added that Greece is one of the few countries in the EU that still does not have such an organisation.
He noted that even tiny Luxembourg, with just half a million inhabitants, has one of the most active EU space agencies, with activity in this sector accounting for nearly 3 pct of Luxembourg’s GDP. Therefore, the establishment of a space organisation and the attempt to organise the wider space sector is not an unnecessary luxury but an absolute necessity, he underlined.
And then some mean Greek claimed on Twitter that the logo of the HSA is this!
Ενα μεγάλο μπράβο στον @nikospappas16 για την επιλογή του συγκεκριμένου λογοτυπου…. pic.twitter.com/iHBnj46CPf
— Τζερμποα (@kagouriki) March 19, 2018
KTG understands that for the time being the HSA consists of a Logo and a Board of Directors. A big step for Greece, a small step for humanity.
a logo and a board of directors.. all of whom you can be sure have gotten their comfy positions through political connections. yes,. a great leap for greece indeed.. further into the abyss.