INTERVIEW: Space program aims to attract new recruitsBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe National Space Organization (NSPO) plans to encourage technology transfers and spin-offs from within, in a bid to develop talent within the local space industry, NSPO Director-General Wu Jong-shinn (吳宗信) said in an interview with the Taipei Times on Aug. 23. In August 2016, he founded Taiwan Innovative Space (TiSPACE), but left in 2018. “Students of aerospace departments would fall short of their majors if they do not learn to make rockets,” Wu said. The rockets’ development would capitalize on technical advancement rather than what altitudes they could reach, he added. The NSPO and its supervisor, the Ministry of Science and Technology, are working to retool the third-phase space technology development program to accommodate policies stipulated by the Space Development Act (太空發展法), including fostering a space economy and establishing a long-term launch site.

Source: Taipei Times September 03, 2021 15:56 UTC