Collaborating With Many Parties, NASA Introduces Indonesia To Space Research

The Space Seminar with the theme Igniting ASEAN'S Space Exploration Oddyssey in Solo Technopark, Central Java, Sunday (5/5/2024). (Between/Aris Wasita)

JAKARTA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) collaborated with a number of parties to introduce space research in Solo Technopark, Central Java, Sunday.

At the Space seminar with the theme "Igniting ASEAN" S Space Exploration Oddyssey in Solo, NASA's Voyager Space, NASA HUNCH, Occullospace, PT Icon Aviasi Indonesia and the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

Vice President of NASA HUNCH United States Program,cott Rodriguez said one of NASA's HUNCH missions is empowering and inspiring students through project-based learning programs.

In the program, school students can develop skills and have the opportunity to launch their applications through participation in the design and manufacture of valuable products for NASA.

"To start with that, we have to add an educational system in Indonesia about space at this time, one of which is by increasing the interest of students in secondary schools about industrial space before they can implement it at the university level," he said, quoted by Antara.

His party noted that until now NASA HUNCH already has around 500 programs implemented in 190 high schools involving 3,200 students at five NASA centers.

He said the program was spread across 37 states in the United States. To date, there are eight main focal areas developed by NASA HUNCH, namely hardware or precision machinery, softgoods or aviation articles that are sewn, design and prototype, flight configuration, culinary or food science, video and media, software, and biomedical science.

On the same occasion, OculloSpace founder Dr Franco Gan said Indonesia has great potential in developing space.

"Indonesia's potential is very good, the place is also good with all its resources. In fact, it can form a space industry ecosystem, starting from factories, spare parts, and all components in Indonesia that have provided it. In fact, this can be long-term," he said.