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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday September 28 2017, @03:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the making-the-Yahoo-commercial-a-reality dept.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/government-announces-creation-of-national-space-agency-20170924-gynx3c.html

The federal government has announced that it will establish a new national agency to grow Australia's domestic space industry.

A working group chaired by former CSIRO chief Megan Clark will provide advice on the possible scope and structure of the agency to the federal government by the end of March next year.

Senator Michaelia Cash, the acting Minister of Industry, Innovation and Science, will on Tuesday tell the International Astronautical Congress that Australia will not have a NASA but an agency "right for our nation, right for our industry".

[...] The government made its announcement on the same day Labor outlined its own plans to boost Australia's space industry through the establishment of a space science and industry agency from 2020.

Opposition science spokesman Senator Kim Carr said Labor would also create a space industry innovation council and a space industry supplier advocate to bolster opportunities for investment.

"It is in Australia's national interest to build our own capabilities in these areas, not only to meet current and future needs, but also to mitigate the risk of these services becoming unavailable," he said.

[Australia's Canberra site is one of three that make up the Deep Space Network that NASA uses to communicate with spacecraft. See Deep Space Network Now for real-time information on which spacecraft each dish is communicating with. --martyb]


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by looorg on Thursday September 28 2017, @03:27AM (6 children)

    by looorg (578) on Thursday September 28 2017, @03:27AM (#574193)

    If the logo isnt a Kangaroo riding a rocket I'm going to be devastated.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Thursday September 28 2017, @04:28AM (4 children)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday September 28 2017, @04:28AM (#574209)

    ... listening to AC/DC and playing a didgeridoo, with a koala in its pouch eating vegemite on toast and drinking a Foster's lager.

    Did I miss anything?

    • (Score: 2) by Kell on Thursday September 28 2017, @04:42AM

      by Kell (292) on Thursday September 28 2017, @04:42AM (#574216)

      Wearing a hat with corks on it, with the rocket fins made from boomarangs. Trust me, I'm an Aussie aerospace engineer.

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      Scientists ask questions. Engineers solve problems.
    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday September 28 2017, @05:17AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 28 2017, @05:17AM (#574226) Journal

      You got it wrong on one point: no sane Australian drinks Foster's.

      Apart form the Aussie salute [youtu.be] and the head full of zombie, you missed the inclusiveness of the Australian society: where women glow and men chunder (now better run and better take coveher).

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday September 28 2017, @10:18AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Thursday September 28 2017, @10:18AM (#574302) Journal

      Holding a knife that's not a knife AND a knife that IS a knife!

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    • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday September 28 2017, @12:08PM

      by LoRdTAW (3755) on Thursday September 28 2017, @12:08PM (#574314) Journal

      Paul Hogan. Duh.

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 28 2017, @06:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 28 2017, @06:28AM (#574250)