Here are the space plans of Crosetto and Urso
What Guido Crosetto, Minister of Defense, and Adolfo Urso, Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy said, speaking at the conference "An Italian law for Space" organized by the Leonardo Foundation
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A reflection on the legal framework of space activities in Italy is urgently needed.
This was underlined by the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso, Authority for the coordination of space and aerospace policies, at the opening of the conference entitled "An Italian law for space", organized today in Rome in the Chamber, by the Leonardo Foundation , Sapienza University and Bocconi School of Management, on the occasion of National Space Day. "I hope for a reform at national level", the minister specified, citing how "the number of satellites in orbit will triple by the end of the decade, commercial exploration is getting ever closer to the Moon and the critical issues of data security".
The Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto echoes him: "A regulatory evolution is desirable that allows a precise definition of the roles and functions of the tasks to identify a perimeter of defense action with a view to safeguarding and protecting national interests in space" . According to the holder of the Defense department, not only is an approach of this type needed on a military level, but "it would be equally necessary to identify responsibilities and competences even in non-purely military assets".
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URSO: LEGAL STRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR SPACE
"The new space law will have to keep our industry competitive and will have to fit into the overall reorganization of global governance" according to the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy.
The growing importance of Italy in space also makes the legal framework urgent, added Urso, citing the results obtained by our country at the Ministerial Conference of the European Space Agency (ESA) last November: "Italy has more and more a leading role” thanks to the “great capacity of its industry”, made up of large companies and SMEs: “there is – he observed – a dynamic and complex national ecosystem”.
THE POSITIONING OF ITALY IN EUROPE
In the space sector "there is a dynamic and competitive national ecosystem" and Italy, as demonstrated in the ESA ministerial meeting "is one of the major players and the third ESA contributor to protect the entire supply chain".
In particular, Urso cited Italy's "precise political choice" to sign, at the opening of the Ministerial, the agreement on launchers signed with France and Germany. In particular, the three countries, main contributors to ESA, are aiming for a revision of the funding rules in the face of the space ambitions of the United States and China. Even the Italian contribution to ESA decided in the Ministerial meeting, amounting to 3.1 billion over five years, "confirms Italy as the third country contributing to the ESA budget", after Paris (3.2 billion) and Berlin (3. 5 billion euros). These three countries account for almost 60% of the Agency's budget (57.9%).
Launchers, Earth observation and exploration are the main activities financed by our country, the minister said, alongside participation in leading European projects that look to the future, such as the Secure Connectivity Program 2023-2027, for secure satellite connections "useful – Urso specified – also for bringing the internet to difficult areas – and Moonlight, for a satellite communications system on the Moon, as well as the signing of contracts for the new constellation Iris for Earth observation and the five new contracts for the Copernicus by ESA and the European Commission.
The law on space, Urso said, will have to take into account the geopolitical structure both as regards the supplies and the security of satellite data. Therefore, Urso noted that space is a dual sector and in this regard, "an important reflection on how to protect data in a geopolitical framework that has differentiated" is necessary.
CROSETTO: STRATEGIC RESOURCE SPACE
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, speaking at the Leonardo Foundation conference 'An Italian law for space', also points out that “space is a strategic resource for most of the countries of the world. Space infrastructures have become critical and more countries have started developing them. This was stated by Defense Minister Guido Crosetto at the conference "An Italian Law for Space". "Modern society depends more and more on satellite systems", but this also affects the military and government sector", the minister recalled. "In the last decade the sector has been characterized by two phenomena: a liberalization with the access of private actors and a return to space competition due to the exacerbation of relations between powers" added Crosetto.
HOW TO PROTECT THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF SPACE
In the space sector, "a stabilization of sector policies is needed, identifying the perimeter of defense action to protect the national interest of space".
The Defense Minister highlighted how "national policy must assume a concrete and effective role for the sector". “We have proceeded alternately, a global vision is needed, not building fences that divide the forces in the field. We can do everything except build new fences to defend one's interests but total synergy is needed".
INVESTMENTS OF 7 BILLION IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS
In conclusion, Crosetto reiterated that "Italy is a pillar of European space architecture, it assigns a significant volume to public resources: 3.1 billion to which must be added the investments of the Pnrr and Defense projects, for a total of 7 billion in the next 5 years”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/ecco-i-piani-spaziali-di-crosetto-e-urso/ on Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:56:22 +0000.