우주항공청, 룩셈부르크와 달 자원탐사 협력 강화
지난 5월 19일, 우주항공청 우주항공임무본부 존 리 본부장은 룩셈부르크에서 개최한 ‘2025 우주자원주간(Space Resources Week)’에 참석하여 룩셈부르크 경제부 장관, 룩셈부르크 우주국 대표와 면담을 갖고 우주·달 자원 탐사 관련 협력 방안을 논의했다.
The Space Resources Week in Luxembourg is the largest international annual conference on Space Resources, with more than 500 visitors, which held from May 19 to 21, 2025. Mr. John LEE, the vice administration from the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) attended 2025 Space Resources Week and discussed bilateral cooperation in space exploration, and space resources, including lunar exploration with Luxembourg Space Agency.
On May 19, The Space Resources Week started with welcoming remarks from Lex Delles, Minister of the Economy, Kathryn Hadler from European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC), followed by Marc Serres, CEO of Luxembourg Space Agency, Bernhard Hufenbach, Commercialisation and Innovation Team lead at the European Space Agency – ESA, Aarti Holla-Maini from United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Ernest Tan from Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne, and John Lee from KASA.
Space agencies shared their visions, updates, and strategic goals for in-situ resource utilisation and lunar infrastructure development. Later in the day research centres, universities and industry players presented on lunar regolith processing, lessons learnt from lunar mission, and terrestrial applications of space resource technologies.