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We have 8 years to have completed the spaceport. We can start with a spaceport with only a few premises as permanent installations and ship the remaining elements on location in preparation of a launch and as security gets better we enlarge the facilities. Somalia has this advantage and they...

We probably still have some more time before we need to start taking action to enhance security in parts of Somalia where we intend to plant a spaceport. We should work towards it once a deal is made.

Our LST ships TCG Bayraktar and TCG Sancaktar seem to be very suitable to carry out operations regarding the delivery of parts and personnel and possibly fuel to the spaceport. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayraktar-class_tank_landing_ship Also a second hand ship can be bought and re-purposed...

I think I have spotted the perfect location in Somalia to set up a spaceport. It is in the southern regions and in the central government controlled area albeit Eş Şebap region is not too far away. With some support to better ensure security all should be good. 8.5 km from the airport, 8 km...

The blades for larger turbines like the motor for TFX would have more cooling air needs as they are bigger and have more real estate on them to work with. But the smaller engines like TS1400 have smaller blades and there only is one whole duct from the tip to the root of the blade as far as I...

A roll on roll off system is probably the most cost effective option which can minimize the security risk too. Depending on the busyness of activity and other factors a floating option or a full blown land base can be viable. But the stated $350mn cost estimate for the spaceport probably...

You need to mind the second stage too, these two locations were chosen with that in mind.

A location at the ocean coast is as good as an island for protection. A shipping port, a navy base, an airport and a space port can be established in a reserved area. Equatorial areas of Somalia seems to be scarcely populated. I am all for a mobile shipborne launchpad for the best flexibility...

There isn't news about it but yes it will be in Turkey. There already is a launchpad on the northernmost tip of mainland Turkey, in the city of Sinop. Rockets that have reached up to an altitude of 136km have already be launched from there but up to what size rockets can be launched is still a...

You have missed pointing out the Somalia part. It is no small deal either. We have born this idea in our minds for a long time, seems like it is a possibility now. This is a dream coming true; same time zone as Turkey and the nearest equator location. Do they want some volunteer worker, I wonder.

He is the President of Defense Industries.

With 93% urbanization rate and ever increasing mobility capabilities we do not need to have a rural police spread all over the country. It will be a little costlier to pay for more police but when indirect effects are counted on the whole it will be more efficient to fight crime with the police...

Those who do no want police to have the firepower want Turkey to be victimized by the global elites through every kind of undemocratic means. Those asking for check and balance in governance are asking for monopoly in enforcing power. They are asking for what suits the global elites.

That would be shortsighted, look beyond the next decade. We haven't set a manned space program goal for the first decade but our efforts will reach beyond just one decade. Space race is back on. Americans are making a new attempt every day. They want to be the first man (and woman) on Moon for...

They should start a program to modify a passenger plane to use as a weightlessness training plane. A program to train spacemen to the best of domestic capabilities. A program to make the Turkish space suit for indoors, on the ground and spacewalk models. A program to make robotic limbs as an add...

We can optimize our procedures and keep our forces fresh as we gain more and more experience. This will help us get prepared for harder times. We haven't gone through an all out war in a century while others did. We need to up our game to gain the capacity to sustain a bigger volume of fights...

You don't understand. While we have priorities like putting an end to terrorism we can not care too much about looking pretty to foreign investors.

Today 93% of Turkish population live in urban areas where police is responsible for security. Police is no different than the army. Both police and army is under the chain of command of the government. The military is not a separate entity than the government. Its role is to be the hands and...

Because ideally the military live outside the cities police should have some firing power as a first responder to high profile criminal activity. Remember the times when terrorists fired rockets at Harbiye military guesthouse and Selimiye Barracks on separate occasions. Even higher profile...

I guess arranging the size of the booster rockets they can pretty much determine where the used rockets and pieces will fall.