[Science Bulletin] Korea Aerospace Administration launches space education and culture network

The ‘Space and Aerospace Education and Culture Network’ is being held on the Naro Space Center on the twenty eighth–twenty ninth. Courtesy of the Korea Aerospace Administration

■ The Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) introduced on the twenty ninth that it held the “Space and Aerospace Education and Culture Network” on the Naro Space Center on the twenty eighth–twenty ninth to debate instructions for cooperation and key initiatives to broaden the bottom of space and aerospace education and culture. The network, organized round three subcommittees—education & coverage, culture & communication, and infrastructure—introduced collectively stakeholders from a variety of fields, together with academic establishments, science museums and observatories, analysis institutes, science culture specialists, and college pupil golf equipment. They shared on-the-ground views and coverage proposals for spreading space and aerospace culture. Participants agreed that the space and aerospace sector should develop not solely by way of expertise and business but in addition by way of public understanding and assist, and they emphasised the necessity to construct a sustainable cooperation framework that connects education, culture, and analysis in apply. 

■ The University of Science and Technology (UST) introduced on the twenty ninth that Shim Ki-chan, a PhD candidate on the UST School within the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO), obtained the “2026 Future Ocean Science and Technology Talent Award” on the “2026 Joint Conference of the Korean Council of Ocean Science and Technology Societies,” held on the twenty eighth on the Jeju International Convention Center (ICC Jeju). Shim was honored for his paper titled “Evaluation of Structural Response of a Krylov Subspace-Based Reduced-Order Model for Real-Time Health Monitoring and Prediction of Container Ships.” The analysis outcomes are anticipated to be utilized to ship working environments and utilized in next-generation applied sciences that improve the security of ships and offshore constructions, together with maritime accident monitoring and threat prediction. 

■ The National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) introduced on the twenty ninth that it held the “2nd NST Regional Innovation Forum” on the twenty eighth at Hanwha Resort Jeju. Discussions on the discussion board have been held below the theme “Strengthening Regional Science and Technology Innovation Capabilities through Regional Organizations of Government-Funded Research Institutes in the Era of Regional Extinction.” Kang Young-joon, Director of Research Planning and Strategy on the Jeju Research Institute, gave a presentation on “The Need for Science and Technology R&D to Secure Regional Self-Sustainability.” In a common dialogue chaired by Shin Young-geun, Head of the Policy Strategy Department at NST, individuals mentioned the necessity to entice business to safe native expertise and the significance of cooperation and linkage amongst native governments, government-funded analysis institutes, and universities. 

■ The Korea Industrial Technology Association (KOITA) introduced on the twenty ninth that it signed a enterprise settlement with NH Investment & Securities at NH Investment & Securities’ headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, and held an “IR DEMODAY” occasion to attach promising expertise firms with traders. Going ahead, the 2 organizations plan to cooperate in discovering excellent expertise firms and increasing funding linkages, and to collectively function numerous packages to assist funding attraction and enterprise progress for expertise firms, together with offering alternatives for IR (investor relations) shows, investor networking, and follow-up assembly assist.