We really need to spend more money in this space especially as Global Boiling becomes a thing. We can learn so much about what the climate is doing and how to prevent major disasters.
This is very shortsighted along with cancelling some Antarctic research. Space is where Australia needs to be investing heavily to secure future high value industries.
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There’s some nuance missed here.
The “observation program” mentioned here, was a $1.2 billion program that was announced in the last days of the previous government.
There were no contracts, no tenders, just a vague proposal with a nebulous tax funded dollar figure attached.
The sector as a whole was using that announcement to entice investors in their own startups.
Now that it has been axed, the startups are struggling to gather further financing in what looks like a shaky industry.
Article should read Australian Space Industry DOA. How were we ever gonna compete with the reusable falcon 9?
We have locally made Falcons from Geeling that have been reused hundreds of times and take up plenty of space.
Australia needs to invest way more into research and development overall. It’s really quite sad that governments don’t understand the value of programs like this and the Antarctica one.
