Government will accelerate Brazilian space program

The Committee for the Development of the Brazilian Space Program (CDPEB) was established on Wednesday (7) by the Federal Government, according to the Federal Official Gazette. supervise the implementation of the proposed measures. That is: investment for Brazil's space program.

There will be six ministers of states to head the committee: the Chief of the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency (coordinator); Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic; Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Planning, Development and Management, and Science, Technology, Innovations, and Communications.

The first meeting of the CDPEB will take place within thirty days, starting on February 7th.

  • Want to remember something interesting? The United States tried to prevent Brazil's creation of space rockets, according to WikiLeaks, in 2011.

The US restriction is recorded in a telegram that the State Department sent to its embassy in Brasilia in January 2009, where it writes: "We do not support Brazil's native space launch vehicle program. Ukrainian authorities that the US does not oppose the establishment of a launching platform in Alcântara, as long as such activity does not result in the transfer of rocket technologies to Brazil. "

Government will accelerate Brazilian space program via TecMundo