September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... low-cost satellite water tank monitors. Several large private companies - including Airbus Defence & Space, BAE ... large businesses in the space industry, relying on private sector or overseas funding, will survive without a dedicated Australian...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...for energy at regional and local levels which should be pursued to inspire energy reforms in both public and private sectors. Space technology and particularly Earth observation satellites have been identified as key mechanisms for monitoring climate...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
... is the fundamental message and have we really got to take notice of all this now? I’m heartened by the number of private sector start-ups that are interested in space traffic management We have to! The pace at which space is being populated...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... under the international treaty regime, it is necessary to fulfil the commercial ambitions of the Federal Government and the private sector alike. It is no secret that the rules governing outer space activities are as widely respected as they are...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
... System) programme. What he is clearly trying to do is to start a snowball effect to which a variety of entities from both the private sector and the government, and in a variety of countries around the world, can all contribute. He’s trying to build...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... us off and pay for it in other ways, but the commercial sector isn’t quite ready to accept all that cost because it is expensive,... seeing more investment going into space companies from the private sector, because they see such a value in the future...
