Agencia Espacial Mexicana

Agencia Espacial Mexicana
Agencia Espacial Mexicana (Mexican Space Agency)
Agency overview
Formed July 31, 2010
Jurisdiction Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
Headquarters Legal Address Mexico City
Agency executive Dionisio Pérez Jacome, President of the Board of Governors

The Mexican Space Agency (in Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana ) is a space agency, approved by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (208 voted yes, 2 no and 4 absentees) on April 20, 2010[1] after receiving a significant vote of confidence on April 26, 2006.[2] The law that creates the agency was published by the President Felipe Calderón on July 30, 2010 and as the law itself states, it started to rule on July 31, 2010.[3]

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Background

While the study of astronomy in the region dates back to pre-colombian times and had a boom in the colonial period, the direct antecedent of the agency is the Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior (CONEE) (English: National Commission of Outer Space), an office created by Presidential decree on August 31, 1962, and attached to the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation which conducted experiments in rocketry, telecommunications and atmospheric studies from 1962 to 1976.[4] After its dissolution by Presidential decree, on November 3, 1977, some activities were financed by the extinct Instituto Mexicano de Comunicaciones (Mexican Communications Institute) (transformed into the current Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones), by Satmex - then a state-owned company - and some higher education institutions, such as the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada and the CINVESTAV.[4] Subsequent attempts to create a national space office or agency were conducted at least a couple of times. In 1995, the Sociedad Espacial Mexicana, founded by Jesús Raygoza, presented a project to President Ernesto Zedillo and to the Energy Commission of the Congress of the Union. And in 1998, a group from the Mexican academic community participated in fact-finding sessions before the Science and Technology Commission of the Congress.[citation needed]

Presentation at the Chamber of Deputies

The agency aims to coordinate the space activities that are performed in the country, such as those developed around the Large Millimeter Telescope in the state of Puebla.

The bill was originally conceived by José Luis Garcia and Fernando de la Peña. It was reviewed by Gianfranco Bissiacchi, José Hernández, Rodolfo Neri Vela among others. It was then submitted by the moral leader of the teachers in the state of Hidalgo,[5] the former PRI deputy member of the SNTE, Moisés Jiménez Sánchez.

The developers presented a bill to congress whose main purpose was, according to Fernando de la Peña, promote private investment and facilitate the creation of multinational aerospace companies in the State of Hidalgo.[6] The bill required the Agency to become a self-financing entity and not merely focus on research activities. After being presented in the Chamber of Deputies on October 25, 2005 and being lobbied by the government of the state of Hidalgo, the initiative received the votes of a majority of the plenary on April 25, 2006.[citation needed]

Submission to the Senate

The protests and concerns of some sectors that were unhappy with not being considered before being presented to the Chamber of Deputies to be voted. For this reason, the PRD Senator and president of the Committee on Science and Technology of the Senate, Francisco Javier Castellón Fonseca, requested the organization of forums to identify any concerns and disagreements. Afterwards the 'Grupo Promotor de la Agencia Espacial Mexicana' was created and coordinated by the Academia de Ingeniería (English: Engineering Academy) made a new initiative of law for the Mexican Congress. To this proposal some comments where included, (particularly from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, and the Consejo Consultivo de Ciencias de la Presidencia de la República (Science Advisory Board of the Presidency of the Republic),[7]. The new initiative ended up being adopted by the Senate unanimously on November 4, 2008 and returned to the chamber of origin to be turned over to the committees on science and technology, legislative studies second, and budget and public accounts to undergo a second analysis and ballot.[8]

Activities

According to one of the transitory provisions of the initiative. The steps for creating the Mexican Space Agency consist of:[citation needed]

  • Installation of the Board of Governors (Done on September 7, 2010)
  • Development and organization of forums to discuss and define Mexico's Space Policy. The forums are:[citation needed]
    • Industrial Development Forum in the city of Queretaro, Queretaro (Done the 28th and 29th of October, 2010).
    • International Relations and Legal Framework Forum in the city of Pachuca, Hidalgo (Done the 15th and 16th of November, 2010).
    • Scientific and Technical Research Forum in the city of Ensenada, Baja California (Done from the 13th to the 15th of December, 2010).
    • Formation of Human Resources Forum in the city of Puerto Vallarta[9], Jalisco (Will take place from the 27th to the 29th of January, 2011).
  • Write Conclusions in Mexico City and present to Congress (Will take place in 2011).
  • Designation by the President of Mexico of the first General Director of the Agency (2011).

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