Space is a dark void where we live, breathe, and breathe, where our planet is located, and where we admire its infinity. Although no precise information is available, it is still only thought that there are billions of galaxies in space. Within these galaxies, there are billions of solar systems, planets, and asteroids, and we are millions of kilometers away from all this reality, and at the same time, perhaps as close as a beam of light. The infinity, darkness, and unknowability of space have been one of the most exciting subjects for mankind for centuries. That's why space exploration has always been attractive and interesting for us. People have tried various ways and made many inventions for this purpose. Watching the planet from above, traveling through that vast and dark void has been one of the greatest passions of mankind from past to present, and I, for one, have felt this passion very deeply since my childhood.
As humanity, we have done a lot of research on space in a very short time since the first manned space travel. Every work we have done in space technologies has continued to ignite curiosity and passion in us. Space and space studies, which were previously only of interest to a limited group of people such as scientists and those interested in the subject, have become a mysterious subject that attracts many people today. The dark, vast emptiness of space, the desire to meet and explore different lives, a drop of water found on another planet, or a tiny plant that can be grown have always been among the most interesting, readable, and shareable topics for humanity. In an increasingly globalized world, developing technology and communication networks have enabled us to see ourselves as citizens of the world, rather than feeling that we belong to a region, and to perceive lives outside the global world. With the feeling that we are not alone in this vast cosmos, where we thought we were at the center of life for a long time, we realized that our Earth, which we understood to be just one of the thousands of galaxies or millions of space objects, is a tiny dot in this cosmos. This adventure, which started with lifting our heads to the sky, is a great and endless adventure for humanity. The technical equipment and knowledge that have been invented for space exploration for centuries and that have been developed and strengthened day by day have been the greatest helpers of mankind on the way to space. Unlike other branches of science fueled by experimental studies, space research involves great handicaps and dangers. Years of work, research, knowledge, and experience with large budgets can be destroyed when an asteroid hits your vehicle in space. To reiterate, it is often impossible to obtain precise information about space and to follow a precise path.
When it comes to the vast expanse of space, we sometimes have to attribute the existence of a star only to the light it emits from a distance, a reflection. Space and space exploration will be almost the sole field of study in the coming century. In my opinion, humanity will now use and shape its basic knowledge entirely for space research.
As the AKINSOFT Family, which exports to 28 countries today, we have been tirelessly growing and developing on the path of technology for 22 years. In 2009, we started working to realize our vision of "Serial Production of Robotic Technologies" that we set for 2015. We have been using our 22 years of knowledge, capital experience, and energy for Robotic Technologies for many years. Last year, on December 26, 2015, we came together in this geography and laid the foundations of the first Humanoid Robot Factory of our country and the world, and on the same day, we shared with the public our vision of establishing AKINSOFT Space Technologies R&D Base, our goal that we have kept secret for years.
They told us, "People like you go abroad, they don't do such things in this country." We opposed them. Because we are not like them, we chose to stay in this land and serve our homeland and nation. With this thought and this patriotism in us, we will soon reach our targeted position in the field of robotics with AKINSOBOTICS and make our robots actively work in many different business lines. While our robots continue to work for the benefit of humanity, we will lock our orbit to our next goal, the ascension. After transferring many jobs that disrupt human ergonomics to robots, we will now tire our minds for a new life, a new dimension. This will be a big step not only for us but also for our country. While the robots produced by AKINROBOTICS produce all the necessary equipment for us to set foot in space, we will free ourselves from all this drudgery and think about what we can do for humanity in space.
As AKINSOFT, we are looking forward to the day when we will set out for the discovery of another world with our own capital on this high-tech path that we have set out to realize our 2023 vision, with all the accents from the engine to the screw, which we will realize by AKINSOFT Space Technologies R&D Base. With our 2023 vision, we are confident that we will use the legacy of our ancestors, the architects of the information that was the basis of space exploration centuries ago, to bring our country to the position it should be in space exploration. If there is life in space, we will work with all our strength until that day to be included in this life and to fly our flag in that land. With AKINSOFT Space Technologies R&D Base on the 100th anniversary of the founding of our Republic, we will not only bring our country to the level of modern civilizations on the path of knowledge and wisdom, as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said, but we will start our space research with the belief in our hearts to exceed that level.
Ph.D. Özgür AKIN
AKINSOFT Chairman of the Board