Welcome back.
South Korea has postponed...
the launch... of its space vehicle...
NURI... in light of a technical glitch... detected...
just a few hours before...
take-off.
Accordingly...
in this SEGMENT of VIEW POINT... we BROADLY address... global efforts... to venture...
into space... and...
I have Professor Michelle HANLON... at the University of Mississippi...
LIVE on the LINE.
It's a pleasure... to have you... here...
Professor HANLON.
1) Professor Hanlon... last October... in line with Nuri's first launch...
there was much emphasis...
on the fact... that it was built... by South Korea...
using its own technology.
Let's start...
with your thoughts... on the relevance... of this reality.
2) Professor Hanlon...
South Korea's planned launch... today...
was postponed...
owing to MISREADINGS... by a SENSOR... in the OXIDIZER TANK... which...
REPORTEDLY...
NORMALLY CHANGE...
WHEN... the rocket is being ERECTED.
This particular sensor... however...
did not SHOW ANY CHANGE.
How do you... explain...
this glitch?
3) Professor Hanlon... based on the experiences... of the nine countries... that have managed...
to place satellites...
into orbit...
through their own launch vehicles...
how many attempts were made... on average...
before a successful mission?
4) And...
Professor Hanlon...
what would be the implications... for South Korea... should it succeed... in its second
launch... eventually... that is?
(South Korea will become the 10th country to put a satellite into orbit using its own
technology and 7th to do so with a satellite weighing over 1 ton.)
5) Professor Hanlon...
what are the broader benefits... of possessing... a domestically-produced space launch vehicle...
that can successfully...
place satellites...
into orbit?
6) Professor Hanlon... beyond this particular space venture... and generally speaking...
how do you respond... to criticism...
with regard to space exploration?
(With regard to the extravagant expenses...
potential pollution...
pretext for weapons development... etc)
7) Professor Hanlon... are efforts...
being made... to ensure... safe and sustainable space missions... among countries involved?
8) Professor Hanlon...
what are your prospects...
with regard to South Korea's plans... of sending... a
mission...
to the moon... by the year 2030?
Is it a
feasible undertaking?
9) Elsewhere...
Professor Hanlon... are there any space exploration missions... that
the world is
looking
to
undertake
by 2030?
All
right