Boeing has signed a statement of strategic intent with the Australian national space agency to work together on research and development, innovation and education.
Australia will build a Mission Control Centre and a Space Discovery Centre alongside the country's national Space Agency in Adelaide.
Australia's national space agency will be based in Adelaide, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and South Australia Premier Stephen Marshall have announced.
This article first appeared in the June 2018 edition of Australian Aviation. Humans have been curious about the possibility of Martian life for hundreds of years. Mars and Martian life infiltrates popular culture, everything from films and songs to children’s cartoons. And this almost innate fascination for the red planet has also been driven by
Airbus has signed a pair of partnership agreements with Australian companies and institutions, signalling it plans to play a significant role in Australia’s space renaissance. Nicolas Chamusy, head of Space Systems for Airbus Defence and Space, said it was their intention to work with academia, SMEs and startup companies to develop Australia’s sovereign space capability,
The debate of the value of investing in space is at the front of the Australian space agency conversation. The private space sector has to justify the value of the government’s planned investment continuously, looking for ways that the R&D and technology can apply to other sectors and the general public. It’s a difficult conversation,
