Despite what you may think, Australia has a long history of space activities. But this is the first time the Australian public has been asked its opinions on space.
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The British atomic tests at Emu Field in South Australia pre-dated Maralinga by three years. Largely forgotten, they remind us the costs of harmful political decisions are borne by the most powerless.
Australia was a significant global space player during the 1950s and 1960s. Now we’re one of only two OECD countries not to have a space agency. What happened?
History is writ large in the remote areas around Woomera and the Nullarbor: from the fossils of microscopic, cell-like creatures to ancient stone tools to the deitrus of rocket tests and the painful legacy of the Maralinga atomic blasts.
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Associate professor and co-ordinator of professional development GRS, James Cook University
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PhD candidate, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Space Governance, Flinders University
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Chair, Australian Centre for Space Governance, Australian National University
