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Minister of Education Gelmini: started protocols in Italian schools to promote Space agency initiatives

Rome, Italy - "Italian presence in space is proof research is a thrust to economy"

40% of the modules which are the International Space Station are made in Italy. Only this figure, highlighted by Italian minister of Education and Research Mariastella Gelmini, during the meeting in Rome yesterday with three astronauts the Endeavour STS-130, Patrick, Hire and Virtis, who returned last February 22, suffice to show how aerospace research can create economic opportunities for Italy. In...

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Rome, Italy, 07/02/2010 12:01
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