PORTAL DE PROAEXA
Importante: La Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEXA) está en proceso de creación. Debido a esto, reiteramos que no se puede hacer referencia alguna a la AEXA como una entidad legal debido a que ésta aún no existe como tal. Por esta misma razón, ninguna persona puede adjudicarse puesto alguno dentro de la AEXA o afirmar que esté incluida dentro de su presupuesto.
US astronaut promotes Mexican space agency
A US astronaut of Mexican origin, part of the crew for an Atlantis Space Shuttle voyage in July 2009, presented a project for a Mexican space agency to senators here Friday.
Astronaut Jose Hernandez promoted the plan, including a launch base in the Yucatan Peninsula on the Atlantic Coast, approved by the lower house in 2007 and due to be voted on by the senate before the end of the month.
If approved, the agency will begin operations in March next year.
"The idea is to copy what has been done in the 43 countries with space bases, modelled on NASA, but on a much smaller scale," Fernando de la Pena, one of the researchers behind the project, said on television Friday.
The Mexican space agency will be known as AEXA and include an underwater base.
Hernandez, whose family emigrated to the United States to work in agriculture, qualified as an engineer before joining the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Comisión para la promoción de la Agencia Espacial Mexicana
Equipo de promoción AEXA - aexamexico en gmail.com
Divulgación Astronómica A.C. - aexa en divaac.org
Radio Kosmos - proaexa en radiokosmos.org