NASA could choose Ho Chi Minh City to install its third space center, said Michael F. O’ Brien, Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations of NASA, at a meeting with the management board of the Saigon Hi-Tech Park Training Center on Tuesday.
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NASA could choose Ho Chi Minh City to install its third space center, said Michael F. O’ Brien, Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations of NASA, at a meeting with the management board of the Saigon Hi-Tech Park Training Center on Tuesday.
According to O’ Brien, SERVIR, which is a program supported by NASA and the US Agency of International Development (USAID) to integrate satellite observations, ground-based data and forecast models to monitor and forecast environmental changes, had so far had two space centers, one in Latin America and the Caribbean and one in Kenya.
USAID was searching for a location in Southeast Asia to install the third space center.
NASA suggests that Vietnam should focus on improving high-tech infrastructure and human resources who are able to analyze and process images and data obtained from satellites because there will be a fierce competition among Southeast Asian, O’ Brien said.
NASA is expected to announce its decision next year.
(Source: VIR)
