Space Platform for BRICS Cooperation
... national ambitions with the help of space technologies. NASA benefited from this peculiarity till 1977 when the state launched its own rocket program undermining dependence on cooperation with the American state. [ 3 ] Since creation of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB, 1994) the country stimulated independent outer space research through fostered cooperation between institutions comprising the so called National System for the Development of Space Activities (SINDAE) [ 4 ]. Brazil also set up partnership with the International Space Agency while focusing on maintenance ...