Moves to develop a US space force, which is being strongly pushed by President Donald Trump, are quietly gathering pace, even though funding for the force has been pushed back a year. A draft of …
On 1 July, the Australian Space Agency, led by Dr Megan Clark AC, officially opened for business. In the May 2018 budget, the Australian government allocated $41 million over four years to fund the establishment …
This is the seventh in our series ‘Australia in Space’ leading up to ASPI’s Building Australia’s Strategy for Space conference in June. In the late 1950s, the relevance of space to many Australians was made …
This is the second in our series ‘Australia in Space’ leading up to ASPI’s Building Australia’s Strategy for Space conference in June. ‘Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, …
In an earlier post I highlighted that Australia is set to embrace a more active role in space. This shift away from a primarily earth-bound focus on space opens up some interesting possibilities. Certainly, we’ve …