Talk:List of government space agencies

Budget

The credibility of the budget comparison on the bottom of the page is very low without sources. Sources should be added or the section should be removed. MikkelR 20:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Erased publicity for some band

"Artistic space agencies"... erased

This list looks longer...

http://rhea.la.asu.edu/spl/data_resources/space_agencies/

Though it lacks any detailed information.

Another good source. Chadlupkes 03:19, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge duplicate articles

Space Agency and Space agency are duplicate articles, I'll try to merge them later, unless someone wants to do it first. - Rudykog 13:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Great, right after I merge them, I find that there is a category for space agencies... - Rudykog 19:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Great work!! Chadlupkes 23:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

CSA

Croatian Space Agency, mentioned on the site, is not a space agency, it's rather a some kind of astronomical society. So, it should not be on this list. It's not a government agency. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.198.142.202 (talk) 10:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Pakistan Space Program

Removed vandalism.

Israeli 1.25 billion USD budget is ridiculous

This is an overstatement by more than 1000 times. The current budget of the Israeli Space Agency is a bit of one million USD. Themanwithoutapast (talk) 13:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

implicit colour scheme

i suppose the colour scheme is implicitly implying that "manned space flight" implies "launch capability" which implies "operates satellites"? perhaps something like "manned space flight + launch capability + operates satellites" would make this explicit. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 10:55, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's correct. Thanks for making the correction. Mike Peel (talk) 18:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

refs column

i'm not sure the purpose of the Ref(s) column? there is already a website column; if there is a specific fact that should be cited in the table, then shouldn't the citation be next to that fact, rather than in a separate column? the way it is makes it unclear what the references are referencing. 82.6.96.66 (talk) 11:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe... I was concerned that it might make the table too messy, with numbers scattered everywhere. Mike Peel (talk) 18:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Colour scheme

I don't like the colour scheme for the different capabilities. I think a sortable table with the different options as Yes/No boxes in columns would look a lot nicer. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 10:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe. But then the table would be getting rather wide... Mike Peel (talk) 20:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

The wikicode is limiting it to 100% of the page. If the country flags were removed, the founded date was only the year, the terminated column (which has very few entries) was removed, and the refs column had no "citation needed" the table could adequately accommodate three new y/n columns. This plan will sacrifice very little info. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 22:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Portuguese Spacial Company

This appears to be a link to a medical company in Portugal, should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.123.76 (talk) 09:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Other Agencies that should be added

ASAL - Algerian Space Agency (fr: Agence Spatiale Algérienne) - http://www.asal-dz.org/ CNT - Tunisian National Centre for Remote Sensing (fr: Centre National de Télédétection) - http://www.cnt.nat.tn/ CRTS - Moroccan Royal Centre for Space Remote Sensing (fr: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale) - http://www.crts.gov.ma/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.123.76 (talk) 09:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

South Africa

Hi! What about South Africa's Space Agency? --68.239.72.76 (talk) 04:58, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

LOL

Theres some space agencies that need color like Nigeria. Mickman1234 (talk) 07:29, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I beleive that we should add more space agencies.

we need to add more space agencies, so that we will know what has satilites, operates satalites, space launch capibality, manned space launch and probly moonwalks. Mickman1234 (talk) 15:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Mexican Space Agency

I deleted Mexico from the list of agencies with the highest budget (stated as $914 million) because the latest information published suggests that for its first year of operation, it will be assigned between $21 million and $60 million pesos = $1.5 million USD - $4.4 million USD. References: Sep/2008: [1]; Nov/2008: [2].

The Mexican Space Agency (AEXA) does not exist. According to the official website of the Mexican Government: The Mexican Space Agency (AEXA) is in the process of being formed. It's expected that the end of the year the Mexican Senate make a final decision on this matter, so that the organisation obtains legal status. Consequently, we reiterate that it is still not possible to refer to AEXA as a legal entity as the agency as such does not yet exist. For this same reason no one has assumed any position inside AEXA and no one can claim that they are included in its budget.SEE REFERENCE

So stop adding AEXA to the list of space agencies. Limongi (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

It was approved on November 04, 2008... the deletion is in regards to the budget... not the agency itself... see sources for your self. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEXA

The bill creating AEXA was approved by the Mexican Senate. But it still needs a confirmation vote in the Chamber of Deputies and an eventual proclamation by President Felipe Calderón in order to be created. So it doesn't yet exist. Ref When, and if, it comes to exist, then it shall be added to the article - as this article is about current space agencies. Limongi (talk) 19:05, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

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As of 27 February 2009 the Mexican Space Agency does not exist and has never existed, but two users: BatteryIncluded and Jesusmariajalisco keep asserting the contrary using a fan site and an incomplete article from a newspaper that reports the results of a vote in the Mexican Senate (not about its creation). While we have provided plenty of evidence, they keep ignoring it, and have gone as far as giving it an official budget, an official logo (taken from a fan site's online contest) and even a date of creation.

Unfortunately, since the initiative has never left the Congress, most of the evidence is in Spanish except for a NASA status report dated 21 Feb 2009:

• The official Gazette of the Mexican Senate from 26 February 2009, encouraging the appropriate commissions on the lower chamber to approve the initiative and present it to the Chamber for a general vote: senado.gob.mx
• A press conference given on 26 February 2009 where they clearly state that the initiative was sent back to the Chamber of Deputies: senado.gob.mx
• A press article published today, 27 february 2009: "Llama Castellón a evitar que Agencia Especial Mexicana se pierda en archiveros de la Cámara de Diputados" Periodico Express
• A status report from Steven Gonzalez, Deputy, Advanced Planning Office of NASA, dated 21 February 2009: "our own astronaut, Jose Hernandez is working on a proposal with Mexico to establish Agencia Espacial Mexicana (Mexican Space Agency)." SpaceRef
• An article from El Universal from 4 November 2008: "El dictamen pasa a la Cámara de Diputados para que siga el procedimiento de análisis, discusión y en su caso aprobación, para posteriormente poder ser publicada por el Poder Ejecutivo si es que no hay cambios al dictamen enviado por el Senado." El Universal
• An article about the vote in the Senate (from 4 Nov 2008): La minuta fue devuelta a la Cámara de Diputados, en virtud de que sufrió cambios con relación a como había llegado de esa colegisladora. En caso de que los diputados ratifiquen las modificaciones, el decreto será turnado al Ejecutivo para su publicación en el Diario Oficial de la Federación. Crónica

If needed, I can add dozens more. Their claims are absolutely ridiculous. - José Gnudista (talk) 10:04, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

If you think the newspapers are creating a hoax, take it to them. BatteryIncluded (talk) 16:10, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The newspapers aren't creating a hoax, you are the one. The only newspaper you are using is El Universal which, in case you missed it in the list I published above, asserts that the initiative was sent back to the Chamber of Deputies! Exactly what part of "El dictamen pasa a la Cámara de Diputados para que siga el procedimiento de análisis, discusión y en su caso aprobación, para posteriormente poder ser publicada por el Poder Ejecutivo si es que no hay cambios al dictamen enviado por el Senado." is the one that you don't understand? El Universal. And by the way, your second "reference" (the fansite) has published, as of 27 February 2009, "A call to avoid losing the Mexican Space Agency in the files of the Chamber of Deputies" ("Llamado a evitar que AEXA se pierda en archivos de Cámara de Diputados") [3] You have no sources whatsoever. - José Gnudista (talk) 20:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The entry is referenced and it comes down to your Point of View against Wikipedia's policies. Good luck. BatteryIncluded (talk) 02:47, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia policies request material to be referenced, in short: that an authoritative third-party supports your exact claim, not to attach two links and claim whatever you want. - José Gnudista (talk) 03:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Request for comment on the legal status of the Mexican Space Agency

The Mexican Space Agency is a proposed federal authority contained in an initiative that is getting favorable votes in the Mexican Congress but is still under discussion (it was modified and sent back to the originating chamber). Two users (BatteryIncluded and Jesusmariajalisco) insist that, if an initiative is approved in the Senate, the institution is created automatically and provide no reference at all about such theory, just a pair of links that reports on the result of a vote. References on the contrary are provided above the RFC. - José Gnudista (talk) 03:22, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

The Agencia Espacial Mexicana article covers the status of the proposal fine. And it is prima facie absurd to argue that a legislative proposal which hasn't yet completed its course constitutes the actual creation of an agency. Even when it is, it'll require executive action. It is not unusual for legislative initiatives to be approved, but never put into effect. Put it this way - if/when the proposal is passed, we can say that for an agency like this, until it has an official website, it doesn't really exist. Rd232 ^talk 14:08, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Four separate tables instead of one

Please have a look at the following proposed changes. By using four separate tables instead of one, according to the level of achievements of each space agencies, this will provide a clearer and faster picture to the readers. The previous table was overloaded and confusing while containing less information.

List of space agencies capable of conducting basic space activities
Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Ref(s)	Capabilities of the space agency
Name	Acronym					Astronauts	Operates Satellites	Sounding Rockets capable	Recoverable Biological Sounding Rockets capable
Aeronautics & Space Research and Diffusion Center (Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico-Espacial)	CIDA-E	Uruguay	5 August 1975	—	—	No	No	No	No
Algerian Space Agency (Arabic: الوكالة الفضائية الجزائرية) (French: Agence spatiale algérienne)	ASAL	Algeria	16 January 2002	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (Japanese: アジア太平洋地域宇宙機関会議)	APRSAF	Australia Bangladesh Brunei Bhutan Canada Cambodia China France Germany India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Russia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand United States Vietnam	1993	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Asia Pacific Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications (Chinese: 亚太空间技术应用多边合作会议)	AP-MCSTA	China Pakistan Thailand	February 1992	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (Chinese: 亚太空间合作组织)	APSCO	Bangladesh China Indonesia Iran Mongolia Pakistan Peru Thailand Turkey	28 October 2005	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Austrian Space Agency (Austrian Solar and Space Agency 1977–1987; Also Aeronautics and Space Agency; German: Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt)	ASA	Austria	12 July 1972	—		No	No	No	No
Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin)	AMAKA	Azerbaijan	21 February 1992	—	—	No	No	No	No
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (Dutch: Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie) (French: Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique)	BISA BIRA IASB	Belgium	25 November 1964	—		No	No	No	No
Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales)	ABAE	Venezuela	1 January 2008	—		No	Yes	No	No
Brazilian Space Agency (Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira)	AEB	Brazil	10 February 1994	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
British National Space Centre	BNSC	United Kingdom	20 November 1985			No	Yes	Yes	No
Bulgarian Aerospace Agency (Bulgarian: Институт за Космически изследвания, ИКИ)	BASA	Bulgaria	1993			Yes	Yes	No	No
Canadian Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale canadienne)	CSA ASC	Canada	14 December 1989	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局)	CNSA	People's Republic of China	22 April 1993	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Colombian Space Commission (Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio)	CCE	Colombia	18 July 2006	—		No	Yes	No	No
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	CSIRO	Australia	1926	—		No	Yes	No	No
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems	CCSDS	Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) British National Space Centre (BNSC) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) China National Space Administration(CNSA) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) esa  European Space Agency (ESA) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA)	1982	—	—	No	No	No	No
Committee on Space Research	COSPAR		1958	—	—	No	No	No	No
Czech Space Office (Czech: Česká kosmická kancelář)	CSO ČKK	Czech Republic	November 2003	—		No	No	No	No
Danish National Space Center (Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter)	DNSC DRC	Denmark	January 1, 2005			Yes	No	No	No
Danish Space Research Institute (Danish: Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut)	DSRI DRI	Denmark		1 January 2005		No	No	No	No
European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation)	ESA ASE	esa  Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom	31 May 1975	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana)	EXA	Ecuador	1 November 2007	—		Yes	No	No	No
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ)	GISTDA สทอภ	Thailand	2 November 2002	—		No	Yes	No	No
German Aerospace Center (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt)	DLR	Germany	1969	—		No	Yes	No	No
Hungarian Space Office (Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda)	HSO MŰI	Hungary	January 1992	—		No	No	No	No
Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन)	ISRO इसरो	India	August 15, 1969	—	[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης)	ISARS ΙΔΕΤ	Greece	1955	—		No	Yes	No	No
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial	INTA	Spain	1942			No	Yes	Yes	No
Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران)	ISA	Iran	2004			No	Yes	Yes	No
Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית‎) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية)	ISA סל"ה	Israel	April 1983	—		No	Yes	Yes	No
Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)	ISA ASI	Italy	1988	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構)	JAXA	Japan	October 1, 2003	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kazakh Space Research Institute	SRI	Kazakhstan	1991	—	—	No	No	No	No
Korean Committee of Space Technology (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회)	KCST	North Korea	c.2009 ?	—		No	No	Yes	No
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원)	KARI	South Korea	10 October 1989	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Malaysian National Space Agency (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara)	ANGKASA	Malaysia	2002	—		Yes	Yes	No	No
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء)	NARRS	Egypt	1994	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
National Center of Space Research (French: Centre National d'Études Spatiales)	CNES	France	19 December 1961	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
National Commission for Aerospace Research & Development (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial)	CONIDA	Peru	11 June 1974	—	—	No	No	No	No
National Commission for Outer Space (Spanish: Comisión Nacional del Espacio Exterior)	CONEE	Mexico	1962	1976	—	No	No	No	No
National Commission for Space Research (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales)	CNIE	Argentina	1961	1991		No	No	Yes	No
National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Indonesian: Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional)	LAPAN	Indonesia	November 27, 1964	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
National Space Activities Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales)	CONAE	Argentina	28 May 1991	—		No	Yes	Yes	No
National Remote Sensing Center		Mongolia	1987	—	—	No	No	No	No
National Remote Sensing Center (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد) (French: Centre national de télédétection)	CNT	Tunisia	1988	—	—	No	No	No	No
National Space Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України) (Russian: Национальное космическое агентство Украины)	NSAU НКАУ НКАУ	Ukraine	2 March 1992	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
National Space Organization (Chinese: 國家太空中心)	NSPO	Republic of China (Taiwan)	October 1991	—		No	Yes	Yes	No
National Space Research and Development Agency	NASRDA	Nigeria	1998	—		No	Yes	No	No
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland)	SRON	Netherlands	1983	—		No	No	No	No
Norwegian Space Centre (Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter)	NSC NRS	Norway				No	Yes	Yes	No
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Urdu: پاکستان خلائی و بالافضائی تحقی)	SUPARCO سپارکو	Pakistan	September 16, 1961	—		No	Yes	Yes	No
Portuguese Space Company (Companhia Espacial Portuguesa)		Portugal	1989			No	No	No	No
Romanian Space Agency (Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română)	ASR	Romania	1991			No	No	No	No
Remote Sensing Center		Egypt	1971	1994		No	No	No	No
Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي) (French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale)	CRTS	Morocco	December 1989	—	—	No	No	No	No
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство)	RSA РКА	Russia	c.1992	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu)	TÜBİTAK	Turkey	1991	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа)	СССР	Soviet Union	c.1955	c. 1991		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization	SPARRSO	Bangladesh	1980	—		No	No	No	No
Space Research Centre (Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN)	CBK	Poland	1977	—		No	Yes	No	No
Space Research Institute (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء)	SRI	Saudi Arabia		—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Space Technonogy Institute (Vietnamese: Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ)	STI CNVT	Vietnam	20 November 2006	—	—	No	Yes	No	No
Swedish National Space Board (Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen)	SNSB	Sweden	1972	—		No	Yes	Yes	No
Swiss Space Office	SSO	Switzerland				No	No	No	No
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs	UNOOSA		13 December 1958	—		—	—	—	—
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space	UNCOPUOS	Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Benin Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Colombia Cuba Czech Republic Ecuador Egypt France Hungary Germany Greece India Indonesia Iran Iraq Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Lebanon Libya Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal South Korea Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Slovakia South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam	12 December 1959	—	—	—	—	—	—

List of space agencies capable of conducting intermediate space activities
Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Ref(s)	Capabilities of the space agency
Name	Acronym					Launch capable	Multiple Satellites Launch capable	Operates Extraterrestrial Probe	Recoverable Satellites capable
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局)	CNSA	People's Republic of China	22 April 1993	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
European Space Agency (French: Agence spatiale européenne) (German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation)	ESA ASE	esa  Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom	31 May 1975	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Iranian Space Agency (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران)	ISA	Iran	2004			Yes	No	No	No
Israeli Space Agency (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית‎) (Arabic: وكالة الفضاء الإسرائيلية)	ISA סל"ה	Israel	April 1983	—		Yes	No	No	No
Indian Space Research Organization (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन)	ISRO इसरो	India	August 15, 1969	—	[5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構)	JAXA	Japan	October 1, 2003	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
National Center of Space Research (French: Centre National d'Études Spatiales)	CNES	France	19 December 1961	—		Yes	No	No	No
National Space Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України) (Russian: Национальное космическое агентство Украины)	NSAU НКАУ НКАУ	Ukraine	2 March 1992	—		Yes	Yes	No	No
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство)	RSA РКА	Russia	c.1992	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа)	СССР	Soviet Union	c.1955	c. 1991		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

List of space agencies capable of conducting advanced space activities
Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Ref(s)	Capabilities of the space agency
Name	Acronym					Manned Spaceflight capable	Spacewalk capable	Space Rendezvous and Docking capable	Operates Space Station
China National Space Administration (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家航天局)	CNSA	People's Republic of China	22 April 1993	—		Yes	Yes	No	No
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство)	RSA РКА	Russia	c.1992	—		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа)	СССР	Soviet Union	c.1955	c. 1991		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

List of space agencies capable of conducting most advanced space activities
Space agency		Country	Founded	Terminated	Ref(s)	Capabilities of the space agency
Name	Acronym					Unmanned Moon Landing capable	Circumlunar Manned Spaceflight capable	Manned Moon Landing capable	Operates Moon Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NASA	United States	1 October 1958	—		No	Yes	Yes	No
Soviet space program (Russian: Советская космическая программа)	СССР	Soviet Union	c.1955	c. 1991		Yes	No	No	No

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Soviet Space Agency

There seems to be a question as to whether the Mexican Space Agency should be listed or not, which hinges on the fact that while it is in the process of being set up, it does not currently exist. Why therefore is the Soviet Space Agency listed? The Soviet Space Agency does not exist anymore. It is important to have the agency listed as a historical agency, but if this page is only about current agencies, then the Soviet Space agency should not be listed. 68.148.123.76 (talk) 07:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

The budget numbers for European countries include both their ESA budget contribution and their own budget

For instance Germany contributes about 50% of its total budget to ESA and uses the rest for its own programs. A comment should be added to that effect.Themanwithoutapast (talk) 19:43, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I know. The ESA portion should not be included in the country. Otherwise, this screws up the total. I have posted a few reliable resources in the section. Can someone verify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.65.20.251 (talk) 02:38, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

ASI´s Budget

According to ASI´s page in wikipedia the budget of the italian space agency is $978 million, so it should be below India and China.--88.26.57.82 (talk) 01:11, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

private space companies?

Maybe we should compile a similar list with capabilities of private space companies? Alinor (talk) 12:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

List of private spaceflight companies Alinor (talk) 19:17, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

PLEASE

There needs to be more info on space agencies :) Mickman1234 (talk) 06:22, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

some idiot

they listed as nasa currently operating a moon base, break out the tin foil hats. I corrected it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.61.204.112 (talk) 09:06, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

okay up date is needed

China has an astronaut and has launched a rocket and it's astronaut into space, so the info. needs to be up dated. Arizona86002 (talk) 15:44, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Astronauts

The classification of "Capabilities of the space agency - Astronauts" appears highly inconsistent. Some countries are listed "yes" whose nationals have only been trained and flown on other agencies programmes. In some cases even selected by other programmes but not yet flown and so that nation doesn't even have any actual astronauts yet.

For example Denmark and India. As far as I can make out no Dane has yet gone into space, but one was recently selected as a candidate by ESA's EAC. He isn't yet an astronaut and there is no certainty he will go into space. Similarly India's only astronauts so far have been a Russian-trained fighter pilot and a dual-national in Nasa's astronaut programme. These are just examples of what I mean, it applies for a number of other agencies listed as "yes".

But on the flip-side there have been a number of British-American astronauts who joined Nasa's programme, A British astronaut candidate recently selected by ESA just like the Dane and even a private citizen trained and launched by the Soviets. And yet it isn't listed. Again this is an example, if the requirement is simply for that nation to have or perhaps sometime in the future have an astronaut many more agencies should be included which aren't.

Also, while I can see that the ESA members that had their own astronaut corps are listed while those that didn't aren't, the ones that did don't now because those functions were transferred to the EAC so they don't have such "capability". And as I've already said this is inconsistent because other agencies are listed which never trained any of their own astronauts anyway. So either all ESA member agencies who have had astronauts should be listed or none of them.

As the category is "capabilities of a space agency", It doesn't really make any sense to include agencies that cannot currently at least train their own astronauts. Any agency can pay for their nationals to be trained by another country's agency, or have had their nationals (or more usually joint-nationals) fly as an astronaut in another space programme. To have astronaut capability should really only apply to agencies that can at least fully train them, if not actually launch them, as that is the only real distinction that implies any real capability. ChiZeroOne (talk) 03:22, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I agree. About ESA - same for launch capability - see below. Alinor (talk) 08:49, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Launch capable agencies (Iran, ESA)

• Iran is missing, but it is properly listed here.
• ESA is listed, France is listed, UK is not listed. I understand this as: France has separate capability/launcher program from the ESA launchers. UK has no such separate program. If France has no separate program, but the meaning of listing it there is, because the ESA program has much of its design/manufacturing done in France - I think this should be explicitly mentioned, but also this borders on OR/POV, as somebody has to distinguish "much of" from "small part of" (for example Spain, Germany, other ESA states) - so it would be good if some sources are provided in addition to an explanatory footnote. Alinor (talk) 08:49, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

GASA

When's the Global Aeronautics and Space Adminstration going to happen? What happens if the Klingons and/or Daleks decide to attack TOMORROW??? We're totally unprepared! But seriously, if Humankind ever did attempt to reach out into the depths of the Solar System and beyond, it surely has to be a global effort. I reckon that Humankind has the wherewithall to launch a probe to Alpha Centuri right now, if it had a mind to do so. Such a probe would HAVE to be launched in the name of all Humanity, wouldn't it...? I don't know what I'm blathering about...an appeal for unity between all nations in scientific endevour, I guess... 82.5.68.95 (talk) 05:29, 14 November 2010 (UTC)