NASA ‘inadequate,’ Turkish technology ‘better’ – Turkish minister

Surprisingly, NASA’s technology has recently come under fire from… Turkey’s Forestry and Waterworks Minister Veysel Eroglu, who called it “inadequate,” asserting that Turkish science is “better.”

“Who does NASA think it is? We are better than them,” Eroglu said during a discussion in Turkey’s parliament, as cited by Hurryiet Daily News.

“They might have satellites but we have our Göktürk,” he said, referring to Turkey’s civil and military observation satellite.

The minister also argued that Turkish technology is ahead of NASA’s, stressing that the weather forecasts of the US agency, which is in charge of aeronautics and aerospace research, had not been accurate over the past year. Eroglu further elaborated, explaining that the scope of NASA’s weather studies are too broad, while 1,450+ of Turkey’s observation systems focus on specific regions .... https://www.rt.com