Morawiecki: Poland looking to more cooperation with ESA

Poland’s Minister of Development and Finance, Mateusz Morawiecki, indicated that Poland will seek to benefit from its membership in the European Space Agency during the coming years. The country’s Space Strategy, introduced this past September, aims to develop more dynamically, in order to compete on the global market, which is estimated to be approximately PLN 1.3 billion. “The Polish space industry must be part of the global and European space sector...we want to take part in this race at the best time, but based on cooperation. Poland is part of the European Space Agency, and we also want to reap some benefits from participation in international projects with highly advanced aerospace technology,” Morawiecki said. He was speaking with the press at a conference hosted by the Polish Space Agency. Further development of space technology, according to the Space Strategy, involves the use of satellite data in the work of public administration activities such as planning and monitoring air and water quality and protecting international borders. Poland became the 20th Member State to join the ESA, doing so in September of 2012.