The Minister for Development and Technology, Waldemar Buda, and the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Dr Josef Aschbacher, signed two agreements on programmes supporting the development of the Polish space sector. 

The first agreement concerns internships for Polish graduates at ESA. The second – for the development of Polish space technologies. Minister Buda and the ESA Director General also exchanged an agreement signed at the beginning of August guaranteeing the presence of a second Pole in space.

‘We have aspirations, but also predispositions to be among the countries which have strongly developed space technologies in a few years. In 10-15 years, the strength of countries will be assessed precisely from this point of view’, said Minister for Development and Technology Waldemar Buda. 

He assured that Poland’s goal is not to catch up with others, but to be among the world leaders. ‘Strengthened cooperation between Poland and the ESA will pay us back many times – the second Pole in history will fly into space, the level of domestic space technologies will increase, high-paid jobs will be created and our economy will grow dynamically’, argued Minister Buda.