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Hungary poised to become key player in intl space industry
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Hungary has gained enough experience in the space industry over the past years to be in a position to become a key player in the sector, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign affairs and trade minister, said on Tuesday.
Speaking to MTI after a visit to France’s space agency in Toulouse, the minister said there were several Hungarian companies taking part in major international development and technological projects.
France is a leading country in space development, Szijjártó said, noting that the country’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) was the world’s second largest national space agency after NASA. France also accounts for 40 percent of Europe’s space industry, he added.
Szijjártó said
Hungary had signed a cooperation agreement with the French space agency that will see the two countries carry out joint satellite technology, space science and space research projects.
As part of the deal, young Hungarian experts will be given a chance to participate in the projects carried out at the CNES and expand their knowledge, he said.
Obviously Szijjarto can not cope with the fact that he is the minister of foreign affairs of a country which is not a superpower at all. On the contrary, like many other countries, Hungary plays almost zero role in the world context, but he thinks he is some kind of a Kissinger or a Gromyko.
Resources better use them to improve education, health care and infrastructures, rather than pursuing unrealistic projects of grandeur.