The National Space Agency of Singapore (NSAS) will be established on April 1, with Ngiam Le Na appointed as its founding chief executive. The agency will take over and expand the functions of the Economic Development Board's Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTin), providing what Tan describes as "decisive leadership to seize opportunities in the expanding space economy".
Singapore is setting up a national space agency to anchor its next phase of growth in the global space economy.
The aim is to move beyond consuming space services and become “credible contributors to the global space ecosystem,” says Dr Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower and Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
