Tag: Space

Space chief sets first priorities

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is late to the party in relation to the space sector, according to the newly-appointed Australian Government space tsar Megan Clark, but we’ve ended up with the most...

SA to meet Bezos’ moon outfit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The South Australian government is set to meet with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to discuss the state’s potential role in the aerospace company’s mission to the moon. It was...

Labor’s big fat space promise

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor has unveiled a $35 million policy package to support the burgeoning Australian space sector, with a goal to double the size of the industry in five years....

Michaelia Cash’s new space race

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Acting Industry Minister Michaelia Cash says the creation of a spanking new National Space Agency marks the start of a “new era” of space science and innovation in Australia....

Gilmour Space eyes move offshore

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Geographically they may live worlds apart – one resides on the Gold Coast and the other in Singapore. But it doesn’t bother the brothers James and Adam Gilmour, who...

Final frontier has a new agency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will finally get a national space agency to coordinate local efforts in the sector and gain a chunk of the $400 billion global industry, the federal government has...

Suddenly space is really, really big

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The US famously went from nowhere to the moon in ten years, so maybe Australia can get a space agency up and running in three times that time period....

Time for an Aussie space agency?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There are growing calls from founders and entrepreneurs for the Australian government to establish a centralised space agency to support the burgeoning local industry. Those currently operating in the...