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Australia is well positioned for space launches
Posted By Hillary Mansour on July 27, 2021 @ 13:00
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[1] key to Indonesia’s goal: https://usaherald.com/elon-musk-indonesia-nickel-reserve-tesla-battery-factory/
[2] world-leading supplier: https://www.reuters.com/article/indonesia-president-tesla-exclusive-idUSKBN27T18Z
[3] launching rockets: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/03/03/indonesian-space-agency-dreams-of-launching-rocket
[4] secure the investment: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Tesla-tells-nickel-rich-Indonesia-it-wants-to-join-battery-project
[5] signing on: https://www.mining.com/tesla-investment-to-position-indonesia-as-ev-battery-production-hub-report/
[6] least developed: https://www.bps.go.id/indicator/26/494/1/-metode-baru-indeks-pembangunan-manusia-menurut-provinsi.html
[7] systemic education gaps: https://www.insideindonesia.org/the-failure-of-education-in-papua-s-highlands
[8] residents are fiercely resisting: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/10/anger-after-indonesia-offers-elon-musk-papuan-island-for-spacex-launchpad
[9] pollute and disturb local ecosystems: https://theconversation.com/proposed-base-for-elon-musks-spacex-project-threatens-lands-and-livelihoods-in-biak-papua-160110
[10] Local subsistence practices: https://pulotu.shh.mpg.de/culture/biak
[11] legacies of violence: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/13/west-papuans-tortured-killed-and-dumped-at-sea-tribunal-hears
[12] active: https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/indonesia-deploys-special-forces-to-troubled-papua-region/
[13] response to separatist unrest: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-deploys-400-battle-hardened-troops-troubled-papua-2021-05-06/
[14] multibillion-dollar SpaceX program: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/elon-musks-spacex-raised-850-million-at-419point99-a-share.html
[15] re-establish its reputation: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-time-is-right-for-australia-to-re-establish-its-reputation-as-a-global-space-power/
[16] Arnhem Space Centre: https://ela.space/what/
[17] launch site at Abbot Point: https://www.zdnet.com/article/queensland-to-build-small-rocket-launch-site-at-abbot-point/
[18] Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex: https://www.southernlaunch.space/news/whalers-way-to-reach-the-stars-july-2021
[19] can support innovative technological development: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/blast-off-from-bowen/news-story/545cf7d41dc0cafce6e8da59ef04b0a8
[20] consultation with and direction from First Nations people: https://ela.space/why/
[21] government taskforce: https://theleadsouthaustralia.com.au/industries/space/australian-rocket-launch-site-given-major-project-status/
[22] improve its sovereign space capabilities: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-sovereign-space-launch-capability-is-crucial-for-australias-prosperity-and-security/
[23] emerging capability: https://www.industry.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-03/australian_space_industry_capability_-_a_review.pdf
[24] burden-share in orbit: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-australian-defence-force-and-contested-space/
[25] Starship launch vehicle: https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
[26] support the US military: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-us-military-is-starting-to-get-really-interested-in-starship/
[27] Starbase One: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/3/22309889/elon-musk-city-texas-starbase-starlink