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PRODEX PRODEX is an optional program of the European Space Agency (ESA) in which Belgium takes part. Its main objectives are to:
In June 1986 the ESA Council adopted a resolution for the creation of this optional program called Prodex (PROgramme de Développement d'EXperiences scientifiques). The concept for this program was originated by the well known Swiss scientist Prof. Johannes Geiss, and the Head of the Swiss Delegation to Council, Dr. Peter Creola. The stimulus was based on the fact that within Switzerland, which did not have a national space agency, only very limited funding and no long-term commitment could be secured from the Swiss National Science Foundation for the development of space hardware. It was therefore conceived that an ESA experiment development program, to which Switzerland could contribute, would have a twofold benefit. Firstly this type of program would enable Swiss scientists to develop ESA-selected experiments, and secondly it would trigger other funding sources, thereby increasing the opportunities for participation in ESA scientific missions. Not surprisingly, Switzerland was the first Member State to join the Prodex program, on October 8, 1986. Subsequently, Ireland joined in August 1987, Belgium in June 1988, Norway in June 1989, Austria in June 1991 and Denmark in June 1994. The program, open to the participation of non-Member States, has also been joined by Hungary, whose participation was unanimously approved by the ESA Council in March 1996.
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