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Greece’s Space Agency to send own research vehicle to the Moon

April 9, 2019 Economy 1

Greece will send its own research vehicle to the Moon following a cooperation declaration between Greek Space Agency ELDO and the NASA. “With the ELDO-NASA agreement on “Greece on the Moon” mission, our country enters the category of the very few countries that will have been on the Moon with …

New head of Space Agency is convinced “Saints can stop time through prayer”

April 27, 2018 Greece, Politics 1

The new head of Greek Space Agency, Christodoulos Protopapas, was appointed just hours after the former head, astrophysicist Stamatis Krimizis resigned on Thursday. Within hours, the new space chief made it first to social media and then to websites not only because of his striking anti-Europeanism but also due to …

Greece’s Space Oddity: HSA Chief resigns pointing at meritocracy, lack of transparency

April 26, 2018 Greece, Politics 2

Dr. Stamatis Krimizis, the renowned Greek astrophysicist, has resigned from his post as President of the Hellenic Space Agensy (HSA) a month after his appointment. In his resignation letter, Krimizis cited the eternal Greek plagues: bureaucracy, meritocracy and a series of politically-motivated obstacles that would make the agency into “subservient …

With Hellenic Space Agency, Greece joins the Space Race

March 6, 2017 Politics, Sky 3

Greece is planning to join the world’s space race. There will be a Greek Space Agency made and run by public and private effort for the benefit of the country. “Greece is one of the few European countries that has not established a well-organized space agency. Greece will try and …

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