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Space is a vital part of international strategic competition—and with increasing competition from China, Australia needs to state its position and vision regarding using space from low-earth orbit to past the moon.Summary
Namrata Goswami writing in the Strategist, makes the following points:
- More than 72 nations have established space agencies, many with new institutions to support the private space sector.
- Space is critical infrastructure.
- Australia needs a 10-year strategy supporting a civilian space program and national security infrastructure.
- Related fields such as automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing and large-scale mining need to be included.
- Essential for defence preparedness.
References
Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:
- 'SPACE' (Operating in and use of) 01: COLLECTION | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
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References from the Web:
- DEC 2022 Perth to host Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum in 2024-WA Government
- JAN 2023 Space Is Going Commercial in Asia, but There’s a Rocky Road Ahead-the Diplomat
- FEB 2023 NASA deputy urges Australia to ‘go faster’ in space (smh.com.au)
