Australia has announced that it will create a new national space agency to become more involved in the global space economy.
Turnbull Govt to establish national space agency to take advantage of the exciting opportunities of the new space race #iac2017 #auspol pic.twitter.com/hZ4ucptrXK
— Michaelia Cash (@SenatorCash) September 24, 2017
The Spokesman reports:
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the agency would be part of Australia’s development of an innovation and science economy. But the government has provided few specifics.
“It’s a small agency to coordinate and lead,” Turnbull told reporters. “The space sector, of course, is one of enormous potential.”
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Acting Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Michaelia Cash said the agency’s charter would be developed by the end of March.
“The global space industry is growing rapidly and it’s crucial that Australia is part of this growth,” Cash said in a statement.
“A national space agency will ensure we have a strategic long-term plan that supports the development and application of space technologies and grows our domestic space industry,” she added.
The opposition Labor Party said such an agency was needed to increase Australia’s share of a global space economy from less than 1 percent of what the government estimates is worth $330 billion.
Labor said Australia and Iceland were the only countries in the 35-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that do not have a space agency.
Australia in 1967 became one of the first countries to launch a satellite and images of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon were transmitted by NASA’s Honeysuckle Creek tracking station in Australia.
But successive governments have baulked at establishing a space agency because of cost. The government has yet to announce how much it will invest in the new agency.
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Oh FFS that’s all we DONT need…… we have the biggest wanker for a PM in the whole world.. we call him Malcolm Turdbullshit.. he is a total tosser… he is only doing this because his power elite banker masters told him he must.. fucking total wanker.. as if we aren’t in enough debt….. this is so we have to borrow even more money from the power elite bankers… Turdbullshit you fucking wanker… soon some lower socio will lunge from the crowd and stick a knife in the wankers belly… its only a matter of time.. the lower socios here call him the Traitor..