President Moon: "Naro Space Center, the phrase 'shaking the ground' feels real"

Meaning Attributed to Nuriho's Final Integrated Combustion Test Success... "Prepared Three Speeches, Feeling Good About the Success Version Speech"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] President Moon Jae-in said in a post on social networking service (SNS) on the 25th, "The phrase 'the ground shook' truly felt real. At Naro Space Center, surrounded by the beautiful beach of Yeonaro-do, the ground literally shook."

President Moon explained, "Today, we succeeded in the final integrated combustion test of the Korean-type space launch vehicle 'Nuriho.' The development is finally complete, and only the main launch in October this year remains."

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President Moon added, "During the 125 seconds of combustion in the four 75-ton-class rocket engines, tremendous steam was emitted, and the deafening roar and vibrations that shook the ground were fully transmitted to the observation point 1,370 meters away."

President Moon said, "Everyone anxiously and tensely watched the success of the combustion test while counting the seconds together. Since rocket launch vehicles do not transfer technology, about 300 companies participated, achieving this great success with purely our own technology," and evaluated, "Now we can launch our satellites, with our launch vehicles, from our own land."

President Moon said, "‘One of the world's top 7 space powers,’ our dream, which still feels unfamiliar, is growing rapidly like this," and added, "I prepared three versions of the speech in case the combustion test was delayed or failed, but I was even happier to be able to deliver the speech with the success version."

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