What will Australia’s space agency look like? Two experts agree it needs deliberate investment from government, and that it should facilitate participation across states and territories.
Funding for Australia’s Space Agency is expected to be announced at Tuesday’s federal budget. It’s been a long campaign to get an agency up and running and The Conversation has followed the journey.
Ground stations in Australia are crucial for contacting the astronauts travelling to the Moon.
Australia’s space sector responded positively to today’s federal government commitment to a space agency. Our experts explain what must come next.
Almost every aspect of our lives is in some way touched by space science and technology. As such, the public policy implications are many and varied. Services provided via space-based technologies are…
Weather forecasting, bushfire management, power and water supply: Australia relies on earth observations to the tune of A$5 billion a year. But we have very little control over the data we get.
There is a hole in the Australian public administration where a space agency should be. That was the clear lesson from the Australian Space Research Program (ASRP) project delivered at the end of June…
We don’t need another review of Australia’s space industry, we just need a space agency.
Australia needs more friends, particularly in China and India, to be a force in the international space economy.
Australia occupies a unique location vital for supporting NASA and ESA deep-space missions.
