17/03/2010
INTERVENTO DEL CONSIGLIERE MARCO AIRAGHI A CANBERRA
Il Consigliere del Ministro della Difesa MArco Airaghi è intervenuto in Australia per il Cosmo Skymed Workshop Cooperation opportunities. Di seguito l'intervento.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you very much for the opportunity given me to be here today, in this great country, with you, in my double role: either as advisor of the Minister of Defense for aerospace activities, or like vice President of the Italian Space Agency.
Thanks for the opportunity to show you the very high level, the excellence, of the italian Space activities, mainly of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed system.
I always like to remember that, in the sixties, the third country that has orbited a satellite, after USSR and USA, has been Italy! From our launch site in Kenia, the Luigi Broglio Space Center sited in Malindi-Kenia.
And we still have a very high level in space activities, and we firmly believe in the great importance of this sector.
I’m strongly convinced that, in the near future, the main difference between countries that can play a primary role in the world scenario, and countries destinate to “survive” with a secondary role, will be “to be or not to be” deeply involved in space activities… “to be or not to be” able to manage satellite data.
To meet and maintain this target, either as Italian Ministery of Defence, or as Italian Space Agency, we know the great importance of the international cooperations… to share the costs, the very high financial resourses that the realization of these programmes requires.
Either as Italian Defence, or as Space Agency, we strongly believe in cooperations, both European and international, in example with France or with India, Argentina, Israel and so on…
We hope, we would like, in the future, to do the same with Australia…
So thanks a lot, Mr. Ambassador, to give me today the great opportunity to be here, with the people of the Italian Defence, with ASI, with e-Geos, with Thales Alenia Italy, to show you the great excellence of our COSMO-SkyMed satellite system, and how we can share with you the very high level data of this system! To give you the immediate possibility to improve the safety and security of your wonderful country.
I’ll be very happy if we will be able to convince you to join us in the “top class club” of the COSMO-SkyMed users, now and, why not, in the future COSMO-SkyMed of second generation!
I really hope to have the opportunity to cooperate, to work together to grow up the space activities, to build together a safer world, a better world for us, and – mainly – for our children and nepews…
Thank you very much for your attention.
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