A Fight for Philippine Space Agency
Filipino astronomers have pushed an
initiative to launch a fight for the creation of the Philippine Space Agency
through a conference held in Quezon City. Dr. Jesus Rodrigo F. Torres, president of
Rizal Technological University (RTU); Frederick Gabriana, a professor from RTU;
Dr. Custer Deocaris of RTU; Dr. Jose Edgardo Aban of University of Brunei
Darussalam; and Dr. Merle Tan of UP-National Institute for Mathematics and
Science (UP-NISMED) were the innovators of the said movement. As per Dr. Deocaris, they are to pass the
congress a bill that pleads to establish the Space Agency. The bill is branded as the “Philippine Space
Act of 2012”. This bill intends to have
activities outside the Earth’s atmosphere which includes launching of
satellites and astronauts. The scientists also revealed the Philippine
Space Agency logo using an eagle with red and blue bands, a blue planet with
its yellow orbit, and three yellow stars. “Astronomy is something you can experience
that’s why we developing curiosity among the youth.” Dr. Merle Tan.
The conference also deliberated
astronomical explanations in debunking the so called 2012 Doomsday. Professor Gabriana said that a “galactic
alignment” will occur on the 21st of December, but this phenomenon
will not cause any harm to our planet as the predictions had said. According to him, he had assigned his
students to compute the gravitational pull of the planets, including also
Pluto, in an aligned position and they were surprised to see that the
gravitational pull of the “aligned planets” is just ten times smaller than the
gravitational pull of the moon.
Furthermore, if any planets are to collide
with the Earth, this would have been seen by astronomers years ago but no such
objects were observed. Dr. Torres said.
This Space Agency movement can bring us
into another dimension of exploration.
The launch will bring the Filipinos in the Space Age, in which we are
behind of among other Asian countries.
This is going to be a giant leap for the Filipinos.
Written by: Nicole Hortelano
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Greetings from, I am John Romar Padua, a researcher for GMA NEWS TV's news magazine show, Brigada and we would just like to inquire for we would like to request for an interview with Mr. Frederick Gabriana soon. Hope you may accommodate us. Thank you and God Bless! :)
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