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Rocket emissions in the upper atmosphere can damage the ozone layer but are neither measured nor regulated. It’s a policy gap we have to close if the space industry is to grow sustainably.
With the arrival of Cosmic Girl in Cornwall, the UK is preparing for its first rocket launch.
The future of Australia’s space efforts will hinge on coordination between defence, industry and universities.
The rocket engines that lauched Apollo 11 towards the moon had 5,600 parts each. 3D-printed equivalents have just 40.
The first space tourist left Earth 20 years ago aboard a Russian rocket. Now, private companies are on the cusp of offering trips off Earth for those who can pay.
Over the coming decade, the arrival of constellations of small satellites will reshape the space industry. It constitutes a paradigm shift, particularly in terms of data gathering and processing.
Australia’s space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.
About 770 Australian entities are already developing space-related infrastructure, most of which are privately owned.
Australia is a member of the 1979 Moon Treaty, which sets rules for resource extraction from outer space. Now that the Trump administration is eyeing moon mining, will Australian companies join in?
Australia should be involved in any new mission to the Moon: we have the interest and the expertise so let’s be part of the race.
Australia needs more friends, particularly in China and India, to be a force in the international space economy.
Let’s launch Australian satellites on Australian rockets from Australian sites, and operate them from Australian facilities.
British space firms would get a shot in the arm from building a new GPS-style system if the UK is shut out of the EU’s programme.
New jobs and investment for Australia’s growing space industry are promised with the backing of the new space agency. It’s hoped that all states and territories will benefit from a national approach.
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.
Australia’s space sector responded positively to today’s federal government commitment to a space agency. Our experts explain what must come next.
We don’t need another review of Australia’s space industry, we just need a space agency.
Australia’s hoping to take a share of the billion-dollar space industry with the launch of its first totally Australian-built satellites in 15 years.
Increasing Australia’s role in the billion-dollar global space industry has hardly raised a mention in this year’s federal election campaign.
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney
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PhD candidate, law and military uses of outer space, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Space Engineering, University of Surrey
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Senior lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Senior Lecturer in Astronomy, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences Te Kura Matū, University of Canterbury
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Director of The Australian National University Institute for Space and the Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre, Australian National University
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Innovation Fellow, University of Portsmouth
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PhD candidate in international business and comparative political economy, University of Auckland
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Deputy Director, Institute for Space (InSpace), Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury
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Professeur d'Université chez Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, Professeur International Business Law, HEC Paris Business School
