@Article{Martini:2002:BaSoAm,
               author = "Martini, Paulo Roberto",
                title = "Regional cooperation through space technology: Basis for a South 
                         America space agency",
              journal = "Acta Astronautica",
                 year = "2002",
               volume = "51",
               number = "1-9",
                pages = "559--567",
                month = "July-Nov.",
             keywords = "TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA, Am{\'e}rica do Sul, Projeto 
                         Panamozonia, treinamento, technology transfer, training.",
             abstract = "In South America only Brazil and Argentina have steadily growing 
                         space programs. The other countries are not creating truly 
                         in-doors capabilities that allow the development and launching of 
                         native orbital devices. This figure changes when the analysis runs 
                         through the use of Space Technology. As users, the South America 
                         countries play a very important role in the world scenery. Within 
                         the continent there are three operational receiving stations for 
                         Earth Observation satellites and many large regional cooperating 
                         projects are being developed mostly in the Panamazonia Region. 
                         These projects have raised the level of human resources through 
                         training and education in excellent centers such as those in 
                         Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. The stations, the projects and the 
                         training programs within the Earth Observation branch in South 
                         America open the possibility to integrate the countries in a 
                         regional space agency following the way that ESA was established 
                         in the early 70's. This document describes the technological 
                         facilities available in the region, the possible integration 
                         projects and the regional environmental themes that can mosaic 
                         South American countries in a space agency.",
                  doi = "10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00042-5",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00042-5",
                 issn = "0094-5765",
                label = "10214",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}