28th of September 2018 |
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CSIRO Space Industry Roadmap released |
Earlier this week, CSIRO's space industry roadmap was launched by the
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews at the
18th Australian Space Research Conference on the Gold Coast. The
report highlights Australia's unique strengths and geographic
advantages to increase its share of the international space sector.
Developed in consultation with industry, the report presents three key
opportunity areas for potential development, which can support the
growth of Australia's 'space economy': (i) By building our
capabilities in observing Earth from space, satellite communications,
and positioning, navigation and timing data, we can grow new
service-based businesses that address issues such as disaster and
water management. (ii) By taking advantage of Australia's geographic
position in the southern hemisphere, we can further our work with
international programs that track objects in space, manage space
debris, and enable deep space communication. (iii) By harnessing our
diverse industrial and research strengths across astronomy, mining,
manufacturing, medicine, agriculture and robotics for Earth-based
industry, we can support space exploration and deep space gateway
habitats to safely conduct robotic and human missions.
The image above is a portion of the front cover of the roadmap.
The full document
can be downloaded from the CSIRO website.
As Monday October 1st is a public holiday in NSW, the next ADAP will appear on Tuesday Oct 2nd |